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unload

[uhn-lohd] / ʌnˈloʊd /


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They continue to offer incentives and even price reductions in some markets as they try to unload their housing inventories and counter tepid demand.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“He allows you to give yourself that mental space to unload and get away from football for a minor second,” McDuffie said of McVay.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Bezos plans to unload 15 million ‘founder shares’ he acquired back in 1994 under a prescheduled trading plan.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

She says they would have been heading for the southern coast of Myanmar, where they would unload their human cargo to smaller boats to put them back on dry land.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The port—where ships dock, load and unload supplies, and transport raw materials— is essential to the Japanese, and a tour of the area is the only way for her to discern what they’re up to.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Instead of slowly releasing harmful material, the cell unloads its contents almost instantly.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

He hauls buckets of feed into the back of his ATV and unloads them in a pen crowded with cattle that outweigh him many times over.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 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

The driver uses a remote to open the rear hatch and unloads Ainsley’s display.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

During the call, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes unloaded on the agency.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

Four minutes later, Seeker 8 reports a change in draft of nearly 30 feet, suggesting it unloaded its cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

“I put him to work. He unloaded the whole truck.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The listing comes one year after the actress successfully unloaded another renovated property in Montecito, Calif., for $16.8 million—although she earned a much lower profit than she had initially hoped.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

A whole month to lighter a cargo that could have been unloaded in days at a wharf!

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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 US energy exploration company has sparked an outcry by unloading drilling equipment without authorisation on the east coast of Greenland, the autonomous Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The private-equity industry is still grappling with unloading a glut of companies bought years ago, and the pace of new fundraising has slowed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

TV cameras have captured trucks unloading drapes, lights, food and even a "40-inch mirror ball".

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

“Good. Very good. Begin unloading it, would you? We’ll send the trolley back out with Captain Short.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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