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disgorge

[dis-gawrj] / dɪsˈgɔrdʒ /


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The Securities and Exchange Commission requires owners of 10% or more of a public company’s stock to disgorge all profits realized within any six-month period.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Finally, the trucks would disgorge their citrus into a harvest wagon, the giant flatbed, which would be driven by semitruck to the processing center.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

Pere points over to the port, far beyond the rows of street vendors and swelling crowds filling the square, explaining that some cruises disgorge as many of 12,000 visitors every day onto the island.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2024

But while restrained in form and implications, “Zone” is never coy, and is surprisingly quick to disgorge its secrets.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2023

They disgorge numerous goods carried away on the backs of men and brought to horse-drawn carriages waiting to transport them to the city.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Last year, they disgorged travelers in the thousands to search for maritime baubles and seafood before returning to the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Musk has also asked for billions of dollars made by the for-profit business to be disgorged, with the proceeds directed to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

It wants him to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in disgorged trading profits and penalties.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

I watched as bus after white bus drove up to the plane and disgorged detainees.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2025

Lake freighters disgorged pale wooden crates emblazoned with phrases in strange alphabets.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

A world with no AP classes, basketball fundraisers or backpacks disgorging papers that I should have signed last week.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

At least four have sunk in the harbour, disgorging rubbish and fuel into waters that are part of a marine reserve.

From Reuters Nov. 24, 2023

The massive cargo carriers that arrive off the coast of Southern California, some bearing more than 15,000 metal shipping containers, often must wait at anchor for days before disgorging their cargo.

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2021

On game days, Wrigleyville is usually thronged with people in Cubs gear, with each new arrival of the elevated train disgorging hundreds of new fans.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2020

Every once in a while, a bubble would swell and burst, disgorging a monster like a larva from an egg.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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