offload

Example Sentences

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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

But Bithumb is still trying to convince users who during the brief window of trading managed to offload more than 100 bitcoins, valued at roughly $9 million, to give back the equivalent funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

Already, the estate has taken steps to offload Allen’s other marquee sports property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

At eighteen hundred feet in the air, the large aircraft began to cruise and prepare to offload its twenty aspirants.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore