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The Corps had been discharging about twice the normal winter amount from Gavins Point Dam - the southernmost in the six-dam system.

From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2020

Since morning, while he sat stupid there, the boat had been discharging cargo; that very evening it would leave for Ilo-Ilo, and in Ilo-Ilo there were Americans, doctors, hospitals, hope!

From Caybigan by Hopper, James