unload
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My wife and I recently struggled trying to unload roughly 100 rock, pop, Broadway, soundtracks, classical, comedy and children’s albums that we don’t plan to bring to our new home.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
But they also still carry this baggage, and it would be useful for these companies to unload it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Roebuck unlocked his workshop, and Oxford helped him unload the equipment.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
J&J has been seeking to unload its DePuy Synthes orthopedics business and the hips-and-knee unit, which also makes instruments to repair bones and joints, had been a linchpin of the operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Longshoremen of the Sea-Guild of Neshum came aboard to unload the cargo—gold, silver, jewelry, fine silks and Southern tapestries, such precious stuff as the lords of Osskil hoard—and the freemen of the crew were dismissed.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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“If Gulf unloads are materially disrupted, fewer clean empties will become available for repositioning just as harvest progresses and October contract needs begin drawing on the fleet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
One driver watches for blind spots while the other unloads the groceries.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The crypto selloff has deepened as Wall Street unloads risk-on assets amid concerns over the stretched valuations of artificial-intelligence stocks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
Jose Campos, co-manager of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing nursery unloads four pots of native California asters for planting on the crossing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
While I turn off the light and close the door, Mina unloads it, black and heavy-looking, setting it on the desk so the lens faces an empty wall.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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The pallets will be organized so store workers can pull them to a single aisle, and the items can be unloaded in the order they are stocked on shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Nopakorn Hansanant, a San Francisco-based sales associate, invested in bitcoin and ether during the pandemic but eventually unloaded his entire position in 2021 after finding them too volatile and difficult to understand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
During the call, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes unloaded on the agency.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I put him to work. He unloaded the whole truck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
They slept that night in the truck and in the morning the rain had stopped and they unloaded the cart and passed everything under the truck to the other side and reloaded it.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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It also met Jordan’s wish list of requirements: It has a bathtub and in-unit laundry and is on the first floor, making her loading and unloading of work supplies easier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
By unloading volumes like “Home Long-Term Oxygen Treatment in Italy” and “Marriage Litigation in Medieval England” on third-party marketplaces, he has roughly doubled his revenue from this point in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A spokesperson said staff followed the correct procedure in unloading the waste as soon as they became aware of the fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"With this unauthorised unloading of equipment, the company has really not improved its chances with the Greenland authorities," said Anne Merrild, a professor at Aalborg University and Arctic specialist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Pattie gets up from the table and starts unloading little square bottles of nail polish into the back cupboard.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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