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 If guests disembark remembering a 48-hour rendang or a pavlova as clearly as the coral walls, the strategy has already paid off. Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Video of a wild bust-up on an American Airlines flight shows two men battling it out in the aisle after one allegedly grabbed a woman's neck while passengers disembarked. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 The other was a sailor who had fallen between two ships while disembarking one and boarding another. Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 Over the next 10 days, boatloads of A-list talent will disembark for what is set to be the most high-wattage celebration of cinema on the Lido in recent memory. Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disembark
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  • That’s why an unpolished moment on a stage as big as the Emmys lands harder than expected.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Indonesia has submitted films since 1987 but has yet to land a nomination in the category, previously known as best foreign language film.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • To manage the thousands of people who descend daily, operators have studied visitors’ behavior and engineered their parks to move people around without anyone realizing they’re being nudged.
    Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In September and October, the core of the Milky Way is visible as soon as twilight descends.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • 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
  • Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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  • This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The new cleat should be particularly appealing to racers – who need to snap back in as quickly as possible after dismounting – and to riders who are intimidated by the learning curve involved in using clipless pedals for the first time.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025

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