unloaded

past tense of unload

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of unloaded Kahn’s heirs unloaded the place in 1939, a few years after his death, and it was chopped up over the years to serve as retirement housing for city workers, a military training compound, and a boarding school, per Forbes. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2026 No one exhaled until the cargo was unloaded, unswaddled, and confirmed to be in one piece. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Walter just unloaded his share in the Chelsea team of Premier League soccer. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 Both Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump blaming Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026 Roma then personally unloaded his son at the 30th Street morgue. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Texas does not have laws requiring guns to be stored locked and unloaded, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026 The outspoken Jewish comedian unloaded on X, calling the performance a total nightmare while publicly questioning Sheeran’s decision to share a stage with the musician. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Once Outlaw arrived at Gentle Giants’ site, which has 400 acres of land across two facilities, he was unloaded into a pen and even walked into a stall all on his own. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloaded
Verb
  • Her husband was also injured in the incident and was discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment, per the outlets.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After the injury, Young was discharged from the hospital overnight.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Separately, police said another woman was found dead on Sunday in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, her body wrapped in a duvet and dumped near a dam.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually, the firms dumped the valuable slag into waste piles and wrote off the metals inside.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ultimately, Taylor’s journey was a lesson in how simple pleasures are often the most enduring souvenirs—internal keepsakes that linger long after the last bag is unpacked.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The canopy and the fan assembly can be folded up and stored in a large rucksack for transportation, which can be unpacked and reassembled in eight minutes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2016, Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, founded Food for Soul, a cultural project that empowers communities, and salvages and repurposes food that would otherwise be discarded.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Its two outer booster engines were discarded during flight, while the central sustainer continued operating and later helped the converted Atlas launch John Glenn into orbit.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The sheriff's office said deputies quickly put out the fire and evacuated the inmate, who was the only one in the cell.
    — Greg Kelly, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And people are paying a lot of money to get access to bad medical reports so they can be evacuated medically or be accepted for a scholarship or something.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Pitt ditched his signature whimsical style for a classic black suit moment.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Boston Globe’s story about what happened when a lesbian bar in western Massachusetts ditched its mask mandate is worth the price of a subscription.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Beaches emptied out and dark clouds swirled above choppy seas, while Mexican authorities temporarily suspended classes in a number of areas on Tuesday.
    — DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Beaches emptied and dark clouds swirled above choppy seas, while Mexican authorities temporarily suspended classes Tuesday in a number of areas.
    — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • These outsiders, like executives or academics from different fields, offer crucial external perspectives, unburdened by internal assumptions or politics.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The very nature of the oral tradition, which is decidedly African and characteristically unburdened by the rules of Western record-keeping, is the spirit of its truth, even more than its detail.
    — Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Unloaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloaded. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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