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disembark

[dis-em-bahrk] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɑrk /


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The Odyssey, meant to take passengers on a continuous voyage around the world, was seized after arriving on Sunday from Cambodia, where around 200 guests were told to disembark.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Arvind Rajagopal, a media scholar at New York University, told the BBC in 2019 that trains and buses would stop and passengers disembark to watch the show on roadside TVs.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders were detained before they could disembark from their flight, after arriving in the capital from Mumbai.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Those onboard were initially delayed from being allowed to leave the ship, but were eventually permitted to disembark at about 11:30.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

When the conductor opened the door and lowered the steps, only two passengers stood in the door, waiting to disembark: a man and a woman, their hands intertwined.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Flavio Bolsonaro wears a black shirt and shoulders a backpack as he disembarks the plane alongside his wife and two daughters, AFP observes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Once Chaplin’s character disembarks, though, a bit of pluck and a stranger’s generosity pull him out of a possible pit, and a new American life is born.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The train then pulls into a station, and the man disembarks and flees down the platform.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

In Kiran Rao’s charming small-town comedy, a man disembarks a train with someone else’s bride by accident, prompting great chaos.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

The moment the last person disembarks, the equipment retracts.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

"The aircraft landed normally in Warsaw and the passengers have disembarked."

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The rest were transported by sea to Gran Canaria, where they disembarked in the early hours of Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

On Thursday, Congolese health authorities quarantined a boat carrying 255 people near the capital, Kinshasa, after a passenger who had disembarked at an earlier stop died from Ebola-like symptoms in late July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Some 400 years ago, a six-legged invader disembarked on the coast of Spanish Florida and began making its way across North America.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ernest disembarked in New York seeming more hale than he had in years, delighting Alfred and Manette Loomis, who greeted the voyagers at dockside.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Following swirling speculation over his whereabouts, the 45-year-old was seen disembarking the jet at Opa-Locka Executive Airport outside Miami, having flown via Argentina and Ecuador.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

EasyJet apologised "for the inconvenience caused by the diversion and delay in disembarking" its flight which was diverted to Stansted.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

They include an elderly Dutch man, who died before he could be tested, and his wife, who died after disembarking.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Passengers in blue medical suits began disembarking the vessel on Sunday to reach the small industrial port of Granadilla on Tenerife, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Some days there were as many as a hundred, when the soldiers were disembarking.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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