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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The bank are trying to offload some of their US holdings.
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This is the part of the port where tankers offload their oil.
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You should try and offload some of your duties and relax more, instead of spending all day at the office.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Farmgate prices have only increased marginally so far because at present growers are keen to offload middle to lower grade quality.
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Forestry companies no longer granted tax concessions have been trying to offload their holdings.
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In conjunction with this they produced a communications system designed to offload the text on to a host computer with the maximum possible reliability.
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It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to some one or something like that.
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Kouao tried to offload Anna on to a family who had done childminding for her in the past.
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Lorries by the hundred, parked for offloading.
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Some of the recommendations may be bonafide, but slipped in will be those of stocks the firm wants to offload .
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The main motivation in signing reprocessing contracts will simply be to offload spent nuclear fuel on to some one else.