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unload

[uhn-lohd] / ʌnˈloʊd /


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Roebuck unlocked his workshop, and Oxford helped him unload the equipment.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Those still stuck with their day’s harvest are forced to unload it for whatever they can get.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

What initially looked like a home run became a long-term contract the team couldn’t unload.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The risk for investors is that the aged-spirits glut sparks a price war as alcohol companies try to unload the excess.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

“Found a guy we can unload them on.”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Instead of slowly releasing harmful material, the cell unloads its contents almost instantly.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

One driver watches for blind spots while the other unloads the groceries.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

He hauls buckets of feed into the back of his ATV and unloads them in a pen crowded with cattle that outweigh him many times over.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

The crypto selloff has deepened as Wall Street unloads risk-on assets amid concerns over the stretched valuations of artificial-intelligence stocks.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

She sets it on the table and unloads containers filled with tamales and rice and beans and chips and salsa.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Nopakorn Hansanant, a San Francisco-based sales associate, invested in bitcoin and ether during the pandemic but eventually unloaded his entire position in 2021 after finding them too volatile and difficult to understand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

During the call, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes unloaded on the agency.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Fox also unloaded its regional cable sports networks — a savvy move before that business cratered.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The listing comes one year after the actress successfully unloaded another renovated property in Montecito, Calif., for $16.8 million—although she earned a much lower profit than she had initially hoped.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Iorek growled an order and the bears moved at once into another formation, hi the lurid flicker from the sky Lyra watched as they swiftly unloaded their fire hurler.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

It also met Jordan’s wish list of requirements: It has a bathtub and in-unit laundry and is on the first floor, making her loading and unloading of work supplies easier.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

A spokesperson said staff followed the correct procedure in unloading the waste as soon as they became aware of the fire.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

"With this unauthorised unloading of equipment, the company has really not improved its chances with the Greenland authorities," said Anne Merrild, a professor at Aalborg University and Arctic specialist.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

“The heat doesn’t bother me much,” he said, unloading his bicycle — a blue and yellow 1989 Trek 400 — from the trunk of his car on a side street in Reseda.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

His work consists of constantly loading and unloading one hundred kilograms of rice onto trucks to be sent to China.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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