disgorge

Example Sentences

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Readers of Shakespeare’s late romance will remember that this ship runs into a tempest that disgorges its passengers onto a strange island in the middle of nowhere.

From Los Angeles Times

By Sunday, as plane after plane disgorged bedraggled war refugees in Tijuana, the number had soared to close to 1,200, about 400 of them sleeping in a gym.

From New York Times

On 11 March, wildfires ignited in the nearby radioactive forests, which harbor radioisotopes that were disgorged in the accident and taken up by plants and fungi.

From Science Magazine

And when the aircraft land, they will disgorge their loads at already crowded airport cargo-handling operations.

From Washington Post

Buses disgorge children in school uniforms on class trips.

From New York Times