offload

Example Sentences

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The Russian tanker is expected to offload the oil in Matanzas terminal in the coming hours.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Private-equity firms paid big prices for companies before interest rates rose and are struggling to offload them profitably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Wasserman first made a move to offload that home in October 2018, when the Wall Street Journal reported that he was listing the dwelling for a staggering $125 million.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Anglo's bid to offload its loss-making company is not only being thwarted by the depressed market for mined diamonds, particularly in China, according to analysts.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker