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was disembarking

  • past progressive
    of disembark.
    disembark
    verb (used without object)
    to go ashore from a ship.

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The group was disembarking from one of three flights scheduled for the day.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

In short order, Mills was disembarking on a tarmac under a shimmering L.A. sun.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021

The party was disembarking from a boat at the riverside town of Shibganj, heading towards the bride's house, when they were caught in a thunderstorm.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021

By the time she returned from Liverpool, he was disembarking at Cherbourg and the dullest winter of his life lay before him.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Moreover, as he touched at Carthage, and was disembarking from his ship, the same form is said to have presented itself to him on the shore.

From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne