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disembark

[dis-em-bahrk] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɑrk /


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"It is sometimes hard to convince them to disembark and get screened," said Cecile Kisangu, a nurse.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

"The aircraft could not takeoff in this unsafe condition, so the crew elected to return to the terminal and have the two passengers disembark," it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Metrolink spokeswoman Sabrina Davis said the 1858 train experienced mechanical issues around 4:30 p.m. and came to a stop between the Anaheim Canyon and Corona stations, where it was not safe to disembark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Thirty people, including the deceased passenger, disembark in St. Helena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

He seemed to be waiting for her to disembark.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Once Chaplin’s character disembarks, though, a bit of pluck and a stranger’s generosity pull him out of a possible pit, and a new American life is born.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The train then pulls into a station, and the man disembarks and flees down the platform.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025

She disembarks at New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, 2015.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

Kemp, the governor who appointed Loeffler upon Sen. Johnny Isakson’s retirement last year, has on previous Trump visits greeted the president as he disembarks from Air Force One.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2020

Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea as an unofficial ambassador on a mission of peace but is taken into custody the moment he disembarks from the plane.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Records confirmed they disembarked the ship in June 1775.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Kamba added there had been no Ebola cases in Mongala Province - where the passenger who died disembarked - contrary to earlier reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Some 400 years ago, a six-legged invader disembarked on the coast of Spanish Florida and began making its way across North America.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Erdogan even personally met Trump at the airport -- with the 72-year-old on several occasions holding the US leader under the arm after he disembarked his new Air Force One plane.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

So they drew up to the edge of the valley, where an outcrop of rock formed a sort of jetty, and disembarked.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The fire broke out on Sunday morning as passengers were eating breakfast, survivor Muhammad Abdul Karim told reporters in Surabaya after disembarking from a rescue vessel.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Passengers were left on that plane for over two hours in the middle of the night before disembarking.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong's train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on capital leaving the country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Passengers began disembarking the ship Sunday in the Canary Islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

He was imagining disembarking from the sleigh onto the seraph’s palm, and Sarai standing before him, as real as his own flesh and blood.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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