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unload

[uhn-lohd] / ʌnˈloʊd /


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I used one in my neighborhood to unload things I couldn’t sell and to furnish the new apartment.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

He created off-balance sheet entities to unload the debt and took personal stakes in them, allowing Fasto to sit on both sides of the negotiation and pocket millions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Bezos plans to unload 15 million ‘founder shares’ he acquired back in 1994 under a prescheduled trading plan.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

She says they would have been heading for the southern coast of Myanmar, where they would unload their human cargo to smaller boats to put them back on dry land.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Silly stuff, like forgetting to unload the dishwasher and not wiping my feet on the mat.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Instead of slowly releasing harmful material, the cell unloads its contents almost instantly.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

He hauls buckets of feed into the back of his ATV and unloads them in a pen crowded with cattle that outweigh him many times over.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

The crypto selloff has deepened as Wall Street unloads risk-on assets amid concerns over the stretched valuations of artificial-intelligence stocks.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

She unloads a tray of them from the delivery cart, reserving two to eat later.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

While nearly 30 unloaded VLCCs, the largest type of tanker, are still heading toward the Middle East Gulf, more vessels could divert or delay voyages in the coming days if the fighting persists, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The listing comes one year after the actress successfully unloaded another renovated property in Montecito, Calif., for $16.8 million—although she earned a much lower profit than she had initially hoped.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

The flight is understood to have missed its air traffic control slot and departed an hour late after the missing passengers' bags were unloaded.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Pranav Gokhale, Infleqtion’s chief technology officer and one of its three co-founders, unloaded 120,000 company shares External link on June 4 for an average of $17.73 apiece, or roughly $2 million in total.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Javi unloaded about the clubs his older sister had gotten him into back home in Miami.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

A spokesperson said staff followed the correct procedure in unloading the waste as soon as they became aware of the fire.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The private-equity industry is still grappling with unloading a glut of companies bought years ago, and the pace of new fundraising has slowed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

A sustained defense financed the conventional way would mean Tokyo unloading them at a moment when the yield on the 30-year U.S. bond has risen to its highest level since 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The native Ohioan said she had so far only seen "a lot of forklifts unloading trucks. If I am online and I see...a commotion and a fanfare, I will probably come back."

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

We find a handicapped parking spot right in front of the studio, and after the usual unloading the chair down the car ramps, seating me and strapping me in, then attaching Elvira, we roll inside.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper




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