unload
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Maintainers constantly repair aircraft, ordnance handlers load and unload munitions, and specialized mechanics fix engines in the carrier’s jet shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Chants of 'oh Fabio Wardley' were quickly silenced as Dubois continued to unload punishing combinations.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“We still need people that unload trailers,” said Montgomery, adding that overall sales growth could require as many warehouse workers as today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
At the door she directs Imaculada to unload the groceries and be sure to take the man down at the gate a Presidente, the common beer they all like.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz unloads 80,000 shares for nearly $20 million as cybersecurity stocks resist a market downturn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Instead of slowly releasing harmful material, the cell unloads its contents almost instantly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
One driver watches for blind spots while the other unloads the groceries.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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 driver uses a remote to open the rear hatch and unloads Ainsley’s display.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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As Celtic unloaded on Hearts at Celtic Park it was football's equivalent of Thunder's devastation; speed and accuracy and ruthlessness in the face of a challenger akin to a rabbit caught in the headlights.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
He added that California law requires people carrying handguns into and out of the store to keep them in a locked container and for handguns and long guns to be unloaded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even if tankers disappear while crossing Hormuz, much of that oil should eventually show up in data on barrels unloaded to buyers or middlemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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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Also contributing is quarter-end and year-end tax-loss selling — unloading the worst-performing stocks to lower capital-gains burdens — from mutual funds and individual investors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Carreras made amends with a try of his own although Northampton started turning the screw despite Bath unloading their bench of big-hitters.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
Papa was unloading trucks and wagonloads of vegetables.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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