Sentence examples for refusing to unload from inspiring English sources

"Since these companies are structurally loss-making ones, there could be some cash flow issues" and "transfer disruptions" that could lead to international suppliers refusing "to unload cargo in the last shortage crisis".

Several hundred furious customers of a discount airline based in Florida complained last night of flight cancellations, multihour delays and crews refusing to unload their baggage, passengers and airport officials said last night.

The Yankees have been hoarding prospects since making the trade for Chuck Knoblauch in February 1998, refusing to unload top minor leaguers in proposed deals for Randy Johnson, Jim Edmonds and Sammy Sosa.

If one is significantly below the others, beware: This is a common ruse by unscrupulous companies to bind you to their service, then later hit you up for hidden fees -- perhaps even refusing to unload your furnishings until you pay up.

Italian longshoremen in Genoa refused to unload Soviet ships.

In 1984, she added, "ILWU took a position against apartheid, and the workers refused to unload that ship".

Previously, the Teamsters made deliveries to the stores but refused to unload them, forcing workers at the supermarkets to do the unloading.

For example, when in 1885 Hong Kong workers refused to unload a French warship, their action spread to coolies, boatmen, and rickshaw pullers.

South Africa's dock workers also said they would refuse to unload the shipment, a call backed up by the country's powerful coalition of trade unions.

South African dockworkers who refused to unload a shipment of Chinese arms bound for Zimbabwe's military deserve praise for supporting the democratic process in Zimbabwe.

In addition, baggage crews working for a contractor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, refused to unload a Zoom plane, saying they did so because of overdue invoices.