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Disembarking in Egypt was an option, but meant leaving his luggage - including the racquets, kit and equipment which are his livelihood - with no guarantee when he would be reunited with it.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Disembarking passengers were edgy but excited to be on the move again.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Disembarking from a different ship each episode, Garcia explores cultures and cuisines at sites both well-trodden and far off the tourist trail.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

Disembarking from the lunar lander, Buzz Aldrin one-upped Gagarin by playing a cassette tape of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon”—a fitting choice, no doubt, for the moon’s first exposure to human music.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2019

Disembarking at Cattaro I drove by the new road to Cettinje, a magnificent drive with unsurpassed views seaward and inland, but the abolition of the natural defense of Montenegro against the Austrian artillery.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by Stillman, William James