empty into
phrasal verb
emptied into; emptying into; empties into
of a river, stream, etc.
: to flow into (something)
The river empties into the Indian Ocean.
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The river, 113 miles long, starts in the Coast Range in Trinity County, runs through Humboldt County and empties into the ocean north of Arcata.
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Eureka Times-Standard, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
The bulk of the blooms are in the western tropical Atlantic, where the Amazon River empties into the ocean, Brian Lapointe, a professor of ecology and water quality who has been studying sargassum since the 1980s, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 June 2025
Before its use as a dump, the land beneath the depot was a marsh along the now-subterranean Givan Creek, which empties into nearby Eastchester Bay.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
The Suffolk County Police Department says the two men were in a dumpster located in Commack, New York, when it was emptied into a garbage truck in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 29 May 2025
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Eureka Times-Standard, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
The bulk of the blooms are in the western tropical Atlantic, where the Amazon River empties into the ocean, Brian Lapointe, a professor of ecology and water quality who has been studying sargassum since the 1980s, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 June 2025
Before its use as a dump, the land beneath the depot was a marsh along the now-subterranean Givan Creek, which empties into nearby Eastchester Bay.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
The Suffolk County Police Department says the two men were in a dumpster located in Commack, New York, when it was emptied into a garbage truck in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 29 May 2025
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“Empty into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20into. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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