debarkation
Example Sentences
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After all, that country has quite a grim history to be the debarkation point for so many migrants.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
Merchants then used these Atlantic outposts as debarkation points for subsequent journeys.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Plymouth Rock, however, was at first more directly tied to a different occasion: Forefathers’ Day, or Landing Day, on December 22, commemorating the debarkation of the Mayflower passengers in 1620.
From Time ● Nov. 25, 2014
Yet debarkation the next morning was so fast, there was no time to sing, “It’s time for us to leave her, Johnny.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2011
At 3:20 in the morning, wide awake in his bunk, Ishmael heard the order delivered to the troop hold: “All marines lay topside to your debarkation stations!’
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
