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Recent Examples of detrain
Passengers were told to detrain before bomb squad members boarded and searched the train.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
Lisa Respers France, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
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On April 13, the pair were seen deplaning the actor's helicopter in London that took off from Madrid, Spain.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Six crew members and 172 passengers deplaned the Boeing 737-800 aircraft after the plane’s engine caught fire at the Denver airport, an American Airlines spokesperson told CNN in a statement.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Photo by Ole Dor/Shutterstock In late January, Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, signed a decree prohibiting large cruise ships with more than 900 passengers from disembarking at the nearby port of Villefranche-sur-Mer.—
Jessica Benavides Canepa,
AFAR Media,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Detrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detrain. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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