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disembark

[dis-em-bahrk] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɑrk /


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In a post on social media, the MP said: "This is a good result. All day I have been making the case to the Home Office that this boat should not disembark in Gosport."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Healthcare worker Josie Donoghue said it was "an absolute nightmare" at Gatwick after leaving the airport, having had to disembark her flight to Ireland after three hours stuck on the runway.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Metrolink spokeswoman Sabrina Davis said the 1858 train experienced mechanical issues around 4:30 p.m. and came to a stop between the Anaheim Canyon and Corona stations, where it was not safe to disembark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Thirty people, including the deceased passenger, disembark in St. Helena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

With dismay, Kit saw the captain’s wife among the passengers preparing to disembark.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

She disembarks in an unfamiliar city with no idea where to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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 one-hour Seattle-Bremerton Washington State Ferry disembarks passengers and autos in downtown Bremerton.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

The moment the last person disembarks, the equipment retracts.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

The fire broke out on Sunday as passengers were eating breakfast, survivor Muhammad Abdul Karim told reporters in Surabaya after he disembarked from a rescue vessel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Erdogan even personally met Trump at the airport -- with the 72-year-old on several occasions holding the US leader under the arm after he disembarked his new Air Force One plane.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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

The fire broke out on Sunday morning as passengers were eating breakfast, survivor Muhammad Abdul Karim told reporters in Surabaya after disembarking from a rescue vessel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong's train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on capital leaving the country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 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 began disembarking the ship Sunday in the Canary Islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

He was imagining disembarking from the sleigh onto the seraph’s palm, and Sarai standing before him, as real as his own flesh and blood.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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