as in disembarking
to go ashore from a ship the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor
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He was photographed in the cockpit before changing out of his uniform and disembarking with the Queen.—
Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Air traffic control now had to prepare for the possibility of disembarking passengers on the taxiway using an airstair truck and transporting them to the terminal.— Colleen Mondor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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An Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport in Dubai on March 16, 2026.— Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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Hamilton described his version as landing somewhere between Senegalese and Ghanaian, cooked in a slurry of roasted red peppers, tomatoes and onions, delicately spiced and with a whisper of smoke.— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Debarking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/debarking. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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