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Every major English water company has reported data suggesting they have discharged raw sewage when the weather is dry - a practice which is potentially illegal.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

Last August, FBI forensics reports suggested that the gun would not have discharged without its trigger being pulled while the weapon was cocked.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023

Lawrence Rudolph explained that his wife must have discharged the shotgun as she was trying to put it in its case, authorities said at the time.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2022

Detective Myles Cosgrove – who is said to have discharged his weapon 16 times that night – was also reportedly seen not being separated from the other responding officers.

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2020

Cheerfully, however, had she endeavoured to discharge these accumulated duties, and but for the unhappy, peevish state of mind in which Mrs. Smith indulged, would have discharged them without a murmuring thought.

From The Home Mission by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)