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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

Leigh doesn’t put his characters on the couch or disgorge the traumas that are etched in every word and gesture.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

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

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

“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

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

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

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

A blend of chardonnay and pinot noir, aged 18 to 20 months before disgorging, it shows complexity and nuance as ripe orchard fruit flavors dance with notes of toasty brioche.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

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

Such made their way into the city, where transport ships seemed daily to arrive, disgorging regiments of soldiers who paraded through the streets and encamped upon the Common.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson


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