discharge
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This created a form of plasma called a glow discharge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The latest French heatwave has forced the temporary shutdown of three nuclear power stations to avoid the discharge of warm cooling water into overheated waterways.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He served as a photographer in Germany during the Korean War and joined his father at Disney following his 1952 discharge from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
But the doctors haven't given him a discharge date.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I’ll give you some privacy. The nurse will be by with your discharge papers.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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France has reduced output at its nuclear reactors, because the rivers where it discharges water used to cool the reactors are already too hot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Thames Water - which serves about 16 million customers, mostly across London and parts of southern England - has faced heavy criticism in recent years over its performance, sewage discharges, and pipe leaks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
As the medical director of hospital operations, Dr. Pappas used AI to tackle the inefficient management of admissions, discharges and transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The follow-up River Wye Action Plan in 2024 blamed excessive nutrients from farming and wastewater discharges as well as climate change for increasing the water temperature and reducing the water flow in hot dry summers.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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The last few years have seen growing awareness and mounting public anger at the amount of raw sewage that is being discharged into England's rivers, lakes and seas.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He had been discharged from Nottingham City Hospital about 14 hours after he was born.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Four servicemembers were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged, according to Centcom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Student loans can be discharged in some bankruptcy cases, for example, but they are much harder to erase than other kinds of consumer debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
As it turns out, part of the reason I woke up to my friends instead of my parents in my hospital room is because Uncle Jack was in the process of being discharged.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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France's main energy provider also shut down two nuclear reactors on Thursday as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into already warming rivers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Regarding the one count of discharging a firearm, Allen’s attorneys wrote that the government “has not asserted that Mr. Allen ever fired any of the recovered weapons.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
DC Water violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into navigable waters, the lawsuit in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Four of the offences included discharging higher-than-permitted levels of cyanide into the Manchester Ship Canal, a nearby river and a local brook.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
I just needed to stay put for a few more hours and then he’d be discharging me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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