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Two more excellent Spinanes records followed—1996’s Strand and 1998’s Arches and Aisles—and after the Spinanes disbanded, Gates continued to perform and put out her own music and Plouf joined those '90s stalwarts Built to Spill. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Taking to Rebecca Gates of The Spinanes, as Manos—a Lost '90s Indie-Rock Classic—Gets a Deluxe Reissue," 5 Dec. 2018 There’s no reason reform shouldn’t include disbanding a deportation squad (and transferring duties such as customs investigations elsewhere). — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, "‘Abolish ICE’: The Roots of the Left’s New Immigration Rallying Cry," 26 June 2018 Police found the victims — one unresponsive and covered in blood — as a large crowd disbanded at East 35th Street and Prospect Avenue, police said. — Cortlynn Stark, kansascity, "Police arrest suspects in Prospect Avenue assault that left woman critically hurt," 12 June 2018 By the 1970s, the cemetery company had lost many of its investors, and disbanded. — Katie Park, Philly.com, "Amid weeds and toppled tombstones, historic Montgomery County cemetery struggles to rebuild," 11 June 2018 Haley said earlier this year that successively tough Security Council sanctions resolutions adopted unanimously had cut off all North Korean exports, 90 percent of its trade, and disbanded its pool of workers send abroad to earn hard currency. — Fox News, "US calls UN meeting on undermining North Korea sanctions," 14 Sep. 2018 The Serpents lost their fight with the Ghoulies, disbanded, and left Riverdale. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "A Major Character Was Arrested During Tonight's Riverdale Finale," 16 May 2018 Trump has not produced evidence to support the existence of massive voter fraud, and a special commission appointed to investigate voter fraud disbanded earlier this year. — Andrea Zelinski, Houston Chronicle, "Mexican national indicted for illegal voting in Harris County," 15 May 2018 The rally was peaceful until later in the afternoon, after the crowd had dwindled to about 200, when a police officer requested the protestors disband. — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, "Archive Dive / History / Politics Remembering the Haymarket Affair and the city's attempts to forget it," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disband.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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