discharge
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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
She was given a conditional discharge by magistrates, following the incident which happened before she became an MP.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the doctors haven't given him a discharge date.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Such work did give him skills he’d use after his discharge, trying his hand at cinéma-vérité filmmaking in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He knew that revolvers of this particular model had a penchant for accidental discharge when bumped or dropped, so he loaded it with only five cartridges and kept the empty chamber under the hammer.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Welsh Water is also one of the defendants in an ongoing civil case over pollution in the River Wye, where residents and businesses allege sewage discharges contributed to environmental damage.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 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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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
The changes include repayment plans that could push up monthly bills and require more payments before debt can be discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"My daughter and her aunt are doing well, they won't be discharged today - they're staying at the hospital. Thank you so much for supporting me through this immense pain," he posted on Friday overnight.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
A Berlin hospital discharged the missionary earlier this month, saying he had recovered following 17 days of medical care.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
At Piccadilly Circus I discharged my cab, and walked westward; beyond the Junior Constitutional I came across the house described, and was satisfied that this was the next of the lairs arranged by Dracula.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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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
And unlike Michael Drejka, she brandished her gun without discharging it.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 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
Sinead said she had asked Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - which cared for Calocane before discharging him months before the deadly attacks - whether they had shared his medical records with Blackwood.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Two piers down, a Volantene river galley was discharging soldiers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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