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Recent Examples of unload It was unloaded when police recovered it. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025 Doug McMillon, Walmart CEO, started off with a summer gig helping to unload trucks. Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025 On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf. John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025 The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them. Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unload
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unload
Verb
  • In that case, therapy may be a way to unpack and heal.
    Essence, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The experts weighed in on the debate, unpacking the hallmarks of this early-2000s trend, why its rustic luxury still resonates two decades later, and how to bring the soul of Tuscany home under a 2025 lens.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The last is dumping iron dust into the Southern Ocean to provoke phytoplankton blooms that would suck heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a move that set off a backlash when an American entrepreneur tried it off Canada in 2012.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For years, the expanse of dirt and weeds had served as a convenient location for locals to dump trash.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Neighboring homes were evacuated during the search due to the explosives found.
    Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Three weeks later, the 41-year-old was forced to evacuate her home with her newborn due to the devastating fires ravaging Los Angeles.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Remove steak from marinade, discarding the jalapeno slices.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After taking the necessary photos, consumers should discard the fridge according to local and state regulations.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jeff Swensen—Getty Images Advertisement Mangione still faces federal charges related to stalking, discharging a firearm with a silencer, and using a firearm to commit murder.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The compounds were discharged into the municipal wastewater systems from these industrial operations and are now found in the Kalamazoo River and groundwater.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The solution is to ditch the floss and get an oral irrigator.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Gap, Pizza Hut and Tropicana are just a few companies that tried new logos only to ditch them after poor responses.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many journalists don’t want to lose access and are subject to coercion and intimidation that can influence their reporting.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • One side will win, and one side will lose.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Startups now have access to builders trained at scale, unburdened by legacy processes and driven by a desire for impact.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • By helping others unburden their minds from this default state, Crone hopes to empower others to achieve genuine abundance in their own lives.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Unload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unload. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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