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Examples
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We were forced to de-plane during the layover and stand shivering in the snow for 30 minutes while they de-iced the plane again, and refueled.
Glimpses: Billings, Mont., October 2002 Kym McNicholas 2011
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But we'll probably sit for an hour on the tarmac before we de-plane.
Andy Stefanovich: In Business or Travel, Recombobulation's the Ticket Andy Stefanovich 2010
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But we'll probably sit for an hour on the tarmac before we de-plane.
Andy Stefanovich: In Business or Travel, Recombobulation's the Ticket Andy Stefanovich 2010
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After watching the team de-plane yesterday morning, looking like a herd of hungover estate agents, I made a personal declaration to let go.
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Warning: Red Hood's Revenge is not an approved flotation device, please also take an approved flotation device with you if you must de-plane at sea.
8 Books in 8 Weeks: Week Two jimhines 2010
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We had to de-plane off in the boondocks and ride a shuttle bus into Terminal 1.
Mexico City Airport 2007
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While inbound flights are still allowed to land, no one is able to de-plane, and all of those flights scheduled to leave, well, they're grounded, too.
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From a purely descriptive standpoint, “de-plane” means what it says, somewhat accurately describes the action being taken, and has slipped into at the least the parlance of its industry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How New Words Often Come About: 2007
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I wanted to get up, de-plane, and take up permanent residence in Sin City.
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I wanted to get up, de-plane, and take up permanent residence in Sin City.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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