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disgorge

[dis-gawrj] / dɪsˈgɔrdʒ /


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The Securities and Exchange Commission requires owners of 10% or more of a public company’s stock to disgorge all profits realized within any six-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Finally, the trucks would disgorge their citrus into a harvest wagon, the giant flatbed, which would be driven by semitruck to the processing center.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Pere points over to the port, far beyond the rows of street vendors and swelling crowds filling the square, explaining that some cruises disgorge as many of 12,000 visitors every day onto the island.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024

But while restrained in form and implications, “Zone” is never coy, and is surprisingly quick to disgorge its secrets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

So the knights disgorge the bitter leaf, black with saliva, into Jacob’s small palms.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

“These issues were resolved in 2021 and concluded when the Collins campaign disgorged the illegal contributions that Martin Kao had made without our knowledge.”

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Once it disgorged its haul, Al-Zaharnah, a burly, weary-looking 56-year-old, climbed over the detritus and bent low for a closer look.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Springfield Armory, which made fewer than 10,000 rifles in 1860, disgorged more than 800,000 over the following four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Musk has also asked for billions of dollars made by the for-profit business to be disgorged, with the proceeds directed to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

When the train pulled into Chicago’s Illinois Central station, passengers were disgorged into the hustle and bustle of a city that was exciting but also immensely intimidating.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

At least four have sunk in the harbour, disgorging rubbish and fuel into waters that are part of a marine reserve.

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023

The clock says 5:30 a.m., but the parking lot of Sonora Market already has become an anthill as trucks cruise in and out disgorging farmworkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

The massive cargo carriers that arrive off the coast of Southern California, some bearing more than 15,000 metal shipping containers, often must wait at anchor for days before disgorging their cargo.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021

On game days, Wrigleyville is usually thronged with people in Cubs gear, with each new arrival of the elevated train disgorging hundreds of new fans.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020

You scan the street: there are no cabs pulling up and disgorging screaming mothers.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead




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