1
as in to land
to go ashore from a ship the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami

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as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle) before you disembark, make sure you haven't left anything on your seat

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Recent Examples of disembark In 2022, a federal judge ordered the cruise lines Carnival, MSC SA, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian to pay more than $400 million in damages to Havana Docks, the American company that had the concession to the Havana port facilities the cruise companies used to disembark passengers between 2015-19. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 After the ride, passengers disembark in the heart of Cleveland, where the fall scene promises plenty of good eats, seasonal brews, and autumn festivals to keep the spirit going. Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025 Moments later, the couple disembarked from the chopper, walking hand-in-hand across the South Lawn. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 When the ship docked on the island of Bonaire, Collins disembarked and did not return. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disembark
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Verb
  • Southwest said the Boeing 737 landed safely a short time later.
    David Shepardson, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Several reasons were to blame for the scary-low turnout, including a dearth of new releases as well as the misfortune of Halloween landing on a Friday, which meant families were distracted by trick-or-treating.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • Jones, who was a regular on the NBC sketch series from 2014 to 2019, was one of the dozens of former cast members who descended on Studio 8H for the epic evening.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
  • An avalanche of water descended through cracks in the ceiling of Brooklyn's Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station, forming pseudo waterfalls, according to Storyful.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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  • 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%.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 20 Oct. 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
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  • After having dismounted, the person crossed the street and moved into a wooded area.
    Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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