unload

Example Sentences

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Workers at the three-million-square-foot New York market, the largest food-distribution center in the country, unload the celery and drive it into the city, paying for even more diesel along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Just across the road from the site of the first international conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, in Colombia, oil tankers routinely unload at the Pozos Colorados terminal, with its large tank farm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Fire crews are expected to remain on site while arrangements are made to unload any affected cargo and the public has been advised to avoid the dock area if possible.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Between trials, the ants could unload their collected food, and the testing surface was replaced to prevent them from following their own pheromone trails.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Desperate to unload his stolen cache of documents, he approached a British businessman in Moscow named Greville Wynne, urging him to take a message to the British embassy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau