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- verb Present participle of
disperse .
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Examples
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And grazing cattle have been shown to play a useful role in dispersing various kinds of seeds.
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And grazing cattle have been shown to play a useful role in dispersing various kinds of seeds.
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Because of wind, the tear gas had little effect in dispersing the crowd, and some launched a second volley of rocks toward the Guard’s line, too distant to have any effect, to chants of “Pigs off campus!”
The Kent State Massacre: 5 Days To Destiny | myFiveBest 2010
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A spokesman said that he didn’t know if the White House would be involved in dispersing the funds or if Congress would be consulted, and was doubtful he would “be able to discern” this information in the future.
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Behavioral targeting networks, for example, aim to target niche audiences wherever they go on the web, but many premium brand advertisers remain uncomfortable with the idea of dispersing their ads across a network.
WSJ.com Remains A Paid Site And Bets On The Value Of Its Niche Audience - Publishing 2.0 2008
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Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov in August first suggested the idea of dispersing snow clouds.
RIA Novosti 2010
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Those -- those individual kind of dispersing, waiting for, for a message.
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Besides, other and gentler means can be used to prevent them from becoming fugitives -- such as dispersing them throughout many widely-separated districts, and providing some one to watch over them.
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Evergreen is eager to use the 747 for other projects, as well, such as dispersing oil spills.
PE Angels Baseball 2009
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Afghanistan and Pakistan, was quoted as saying it needs to been seen whether the Pakistani army is only "dispersing" the terror groups or "destroying" them.
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