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unship

[uhn-ship] / ʌnˈʃɪp /


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I don’t think we’re going to unship IGTV, though.

From The Verge Jan. 19, 2021

And orders were to unship all old ammunition, take aboard new.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, he contrived to unship the rudder, and thus rendering the boat unmanageable, made his escape.

From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston

“Ay, been appointed to the old berth,” said Ruby, “so I’ll have to unship you, Ned.”

From The Lighthouse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Hold fast the long gun, there, and unship the starboard ports.

From The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Edmund J. (Edmund Joseph) Sullivan

When will Iran run out of space to store its unshipped oil?

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

Burr asked Martin, with a smirk suggesting he had just unshipped a “gotcha.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2025

Only if McCoy is somehow unshipped in the early stages of today's race would Nicholls consider giving the horse another run next month, and even then he would much rather prepare him at home.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2011

As fast as the cars arrived, the railroads routed them to prairie lines, where more than a billion bushels of corn and wheat from last year's harvest lay unshipped.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Davos unshipped the oars and slid them into the choppy black water, he said, "Who rowed you to Renly?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

As I’ve talked to you and other folks at Instagram before, there’s a lot of pride in unshipping features and keeping the app lean.

From The Verge Jan. 19, 2021

Victory went to Fuisse, who had delayed the start of the race by 15 minutes when twice unshipping his jockey Stéphane Pasquier in the preliminaries and running loose.

From The Guardian Sep. 5, 2010

Almost killed when his radical Paula III overturned in 1933, unshipping her mast and smashing her hull down on him, Starke Meyer returned to racing, continued his experimental Paula series through 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

That terrible unshipping and reshipping is a sore burden to the unaccustomed traveller.

From Returning Home by Anthony Trollope

A huge billow, which seemed to chase them with gigantic speed and force, broke over the boat, nearly filling it with water, and at the same time unshipping and sweeping away their rudder.

From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott




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