boarding
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A gate agent made the announcement just before boarding and told interested passengers to come up to the counter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Just before boarding she found a better aisle seat for me without me asking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The latest sighting at 10:36 at Piccadilly bus station on Monday follows a previous one earlier that morning when Lillia was seen boarding the number 36 bus from Salford.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lillia was seen boarding a 247 bus from the Trafford Centre on Saturday, heading in the direction of Altrincham, but it was not known where she got off.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was up at five o’clock the next morning, closing the boarding house door behind him, joining thousands of immigrant men and women making their way through the streets toward the Union Stock Yard.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Bloomberg News earlier reported one of the boardings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The boardings occurred on Aug. 21 and 24, the FBI said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The drop of more than 3.7 million boardings last year was due in part to the immigration sweeps that began at the beginning of the month, so numbers were expected to be higher this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Former Royal Navy warship commander Tom Sharpe told BBC Verify it was "utterly confusing" and "pathetic" that no boardings had been carried out.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The Naval Service is, I grieve to say, rooted to its ancient prejudices, and continues its abominable pastime of broadsides and boardings; hence its mob popularity at this moment!
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
