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

His point of debarkation was New York City.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

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

For our landing exercise at Guadalcanal, there was a full- scale debarkation of all the equipment and supplies we’d be taking with us when we did it all for real.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac