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as in unloading
to empty or rid of cargo
we disencumbered our pack animals as soon as we made camp that night
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as in relieving
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
a simple statement of the terms of the contract disencumbered of legal jargon
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In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain.—
Farshid Vahedifard,
The Conversation,
29 Dec. 2025 -
As condo owners have been slapped with high fees and assessments that make their units difficult to sell, Zalewski expects people to start unloading their units and taking major losses.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
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Browns let go of Kevin Stefanski The Cleveland Browns kicked off the infamous day in the NFL calendar by relieving Kevin Stefanski of head coaching duties after six seasons in charge of the team, the franchise announced in a statement.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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Colorado doesn’t have any way of quantifying whether areas need more hospital beds, and health systems generally described their recent projects as bringing specific types of care closer to communities, rather than relieving a crunch on their existing facilities.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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An inevitable part of lawn maintenance, ridding your space of weeds often takes hours to do and requires bending, straining, and stretching in less-than-ideal positions to get the job done.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Many prayed and called for ridding themselves of the divisive, violent rhetoric of the past week.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a season when the team knew kickoffs would become more valuable because of touchback rule changes, the Chiefs were behind the curve on kickoff placement and freeing up their returners in the open field.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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IntBot’s commercial deployments now extend this social intelligence to hotels and other public spaces, freeing human staff from routine tasks.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of the Bears’ first playoff appearance since 2020, NFC North champion merch is on sale, clearing the shelves for loftier goals.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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To avoid piling up snow on plants when clearing snow, mark them with stakes in the fall.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Disencumbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disencumbering. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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