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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

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

Based on that finding, the agency barred Jarkesy and his company from certain parts of the investment business, imposed $300,000 in penalties on him, and required him to disgorge unlawful profits of nearly $685,000.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2023

The captain barks orders to scrambling crewmen, who disgorge from the main hatch like ants from a flooding anthill.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

In 1991 Will Self disgorged himself on to the British literary scene with “The Quantity Theory of Insanity,” a book of short stories seething with misanthropy and logorrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

The SEC is seeking hundreds of millions in disgorged profits and penalties for the late filing.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

I watched as bus after white bus drove up to the plane and disgorged detainees.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2025

As usual, the tree disgorged its food, and the astonished girl watched her father eating with the speed of a man who has not eaten for many weeks.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

The whole point of disgorging profits is that you’re taking the ill-gotten gains away from the wrongdoer.

From Slate Feb. 26, 2024

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

Every once in a while, a bubble would swell and burst, disgorging a monster like a larva from an egg.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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