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deplane

[dee-playn] / diˈpleɪn /






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If you can’t fit on the one waiting in the docking area when you deplane, you’re stuck lingering for ages—a half hour or more, in some cases—until the next one arrives.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

She would be one the travelers who’d request a wheelchair while waiting to board but could easily deplane on her own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

But as I waited to deplane, I checked my email and found something I’ve sorely needed this year:

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025

But, with the time it takes to deplane and get to his hotel, Mr. Brown doesn’t think he can make it until after 8 p.m. to eat again.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

“You will have your gear ready to deplane the moment we touch down. Is that clear?”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Now, it’s easy to point fingers and delight in photos of a shame-faced Taylor Swift hiding under an umbrella as she deplanes, but I wanted to think about this matter practically.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022

Victor’s insistence that Raya pose for a photo as she first deplanes in the Holy Land — and her grin-and-bear-it response — offers a nice, er, snapshot of their dynamic, but it doesn’t quite resonate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

The wind carries away Pope Francis’ cap as he deplanes in Havana, Cuba.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015

We’re trying to woo a foreign buyer here, and anybody who deplanes at JFK is likely to take one look at that dump and re-plane posthaste.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012

So, after one more disillusioning visit with the Orlovs, Oliver deplanes at Heathrow Airport and impulsively asks to see a high-ranking officer of Her Majesty's Customs Service.

From Time Magazine Archive

My greeter, a lovely woman named Sabina, greeted my 84-year-old mom and me shortly after we deplaned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The day after the Dodgers deplaned at Incheon Airport, pictures of Shohei Ohtani and his wife were on the pages of every major newspaper in this country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

Though his team later posted on X about his quick actions, Mr Andrews deplaned with "no fanfare", Mr Spring wrote on Twitter.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024

At that point, the flight crew deplaned, and Delta decided to give the gate to another plane.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2023

We deplaned, followed Lieutenant Wilson across the field into an area in front of some Quonset huts, and started forming ranks.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

On arrival in Seattle, the deplaning soundtrack was Taylor Swift’s “Lover.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

What surprised me was that I’d never heard the alert before actually deplaning, and certainly never heard it verbally, let alone by someone working for the airline.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

United Airlines has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023

Neither Collins nor Allen received any conclusive explanation from their flight crews upon landing and deplaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2022

“The gate agents responsible for 2B,” she said in a tight voice, “will handle deplaning there.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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