as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks

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Recent Examples of off-load Shumet Amdemichael, the director of the nonprofit Mercy Corps’ Nigeria programs, told me that his organization may off-load generators to local hospitals. Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025 As a result of the mismatch between buyers and sellers in these six cities, sellers are adjusting their expectations and cutting prices to off-load their properties. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 But in subsequent years, as Giuliani’s reputation and finances plummeted amid numerous lawsuits and legal cases — at one point, his lawyer told the court Giuliani had $57,000 in unpaid phone bills, which doesn’t even seem possible — he was forced to off-load his real estate to raise cash. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025 By the late Nineties, flimsy strictures of economic decorum were being made even flimsier: massage the losses, underestimate the debts, off-load liabilities into subsidiaries, hide who owns them. Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025 Around sunset on a rainy Saturday in November, 1906, a woman walked the streets of Rochester, in western New York State, trying to off-load a stack of counterfeit two-dollar bills. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 For more than a decade, State Street operated joint ventures that allowed the financial services firm to off-load some IT and back-office tasks to outsourcing partners like Atos and HCLTech in India. John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025 By off-loading the pitcher at the deadline, Detroit saved nearly $5 million, all of which the Dodgers absorbed. Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 The canister was still wedged in my crotch, off-loading its contents like a homemade Roman candle. Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As someone who worked his way up from unloading trucks in the warehouse to eventually landing in the C-suite, McMillon embodies how staying dedicated to one employer can work wonders for aspiring leaders—in contrast to job-hopping in search of potential pay gains.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Off-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-load. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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