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Recent Examples of debark
Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club.
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
The ships had departed from ports in the U.A.E., with CSCL Indian Ocean debarking from the Port of Jebel Ali and CSCL Arctic Ocean sailing out of Abu Dhabi Port.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Mar. 2026
Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Miami is expected to see 10.2% of embarking and debarking passengers, followed by the Orlando area's Port Canaveral at 8.8% and Fort Lauderdale at 5.6%.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
However, locals say the tourists who debark for only a few hours but generally sleep and eat aboard ships are a bad deal for the city.
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Doug Struck,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Aug. 2025
About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.
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Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
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David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2024
If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens.
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Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2024
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
The ships had departed from ports in the U.A.E., with CSCL Indian Ocean debarking from the Port of Jebel Ali and CSCL Arctic Ocean sailing out of Abu Dhabi Port.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Mar. 2026
Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside.
—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Miami is expected to see 10.2% of embarking and debarking passengers, followed by the Orlando area's Port Canaveral at 8.8% and Fort Lauderdale at 5.6%.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
However, locals say the tourists who debark for only a few hours but generally sleep and eat aboard ships are a bad deal for the city.
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Doug Struck,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Aug. 2025
About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.
—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2024
If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens.
—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debark
Verb
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Some 25 Americans were on the ship, including about seven who disembarked in April and 18 who remained on board.
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The footmen are each positioned to spring to his side of the carriage to assist their respective passengers in disembarking, thus halving the queueing.
Verb
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So, of course, the first pitch Peterson threw in his Cubs debut Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers landed over the center-field wall.
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In a post Saturday on X, his friend Sheng Xue, a Chinese Canadian activist, said Dong had landed in Toronto following an Air Canada flight on Friday.
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“Debark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debark. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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