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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

They disgorge numerous goods carried away on the backs of men and brought to horse-drawn carriages waiting to transport them to the city.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

After Kao’s arrest, they disgorged his donations, she added.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 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

“Maracaibo was alive with eager strangers as every boat that landed there disgorged an army of oil workers,” Méndez wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

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

A world with no AP classes, basketball fundraisers or backpacks disgorging papers that I should have signed last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

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 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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