deplaned

verb

past tense of deplane
as in detrained

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  1. disembarked
  2. alighted
  3. lit
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  • The 6-year-old disembarked with several other young students and attempted to cross the busy intersection of Barrington and Lanecrest drives.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Germany failed in its objective to capture Calais and Boulogne, the ports where British reinforcements disembarked, and the front settled down on a long ​north–​south line from near Ostend in Belgium to the Swiss border.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of disembarked
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  • BookTok’s preferences may skew toward familiar beats and blunt-force sensation, but in Harpman the hive mind has alighted on something more capacious and slippery.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • According to the latest available rail passenger statistics, a grand total of 76 people have alighted or boarded at Shippea Hill in the previous 12 months.
    — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Definition of alighted
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  • Soliman lit two Molotov cocktails and threw them at demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages during the Run For Their Lives organization's regular gathering on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, prosecutors said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The 3-foot motion activated lighted Rocker Skeleton animatronic pairs with last year’s The Party Skeleton, designed by Lowe’s employee Amanual Coleman of Charlotte.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
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