offload

Example Sentences

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Private-equity firms paid big prices for companies before interest rates rose and are struggling to offload them profitably.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

As with stocks, a panic is the worst time to offload your private-credit exposure, said David Sadkin, president at Bel Air Investment Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Local pilots and tugboat crews had said they could take the vessel further out to sea or to a jetty to offload the oil but "were ignored", he claimed.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Anglo's bid to offload its loss-making company is not only being thwarted by the depressed market for mined diamonds, particularly in China, according to analysts.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker