discharging

Example Sentences

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It unloaded some of its cargo last month and appeared to be discharging the rest at a berth in Long Beach on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Some physicians say their colleagues are discharging or transferring pregnant patients instead of taking responsibility for their care.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Sinead said she had asked Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - which cared for Calocane before discharging him months before the deadly attacks - whether they had shared his medical records with Blackwood.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The foundation grabbed the national spotlight in 1989 when it went after two large paper mills in Humboldt Bay that were discharging toxic wastewater into an excellent surfspot in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

One day thirty ships arrived, thirteen of them from the West Indies, but no one was available to stop them from docking or discharging passengers.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy