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Wilcox, after initial reservations, also got on board.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Nvidia’s board has opened an independent investigation into whether Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence operation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
She joined the Met board three years ago and says she believes Hollein will keep it as is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
While he had success at Chelsea, Conte also reportedly clashed with both players and the board.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Oteg and I helped Katy Logan get herself and her dogs on board.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Real-time performance boards are posted across the plant floor so teams know their targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
At the Journal’s Board of Directors Council in Palm Beach on Monday, Nvidia’s crisis consumed conversations among attendees, many of whom sit on public-company boards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The payment comes ahead of a planned major overhaul of Scotland's NHS which could see the number of health boards cut dramatically.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Leading the charge was Horvath, who had served alongside Bass on regional homelessness boards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
I sat on my knees on the floor in front of the coffee table as I gathered the Lotería boards and playing cards to put them back in their basket.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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That sounds harsh, I know, but the fact is if you had boarded early, I don’t think you would have had a problem finding overhead space for your bag.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The flight he boarded in Glasgow was filled with journalists - but most were heading north to cover the Chinook helicopter disaster in Shetland in which 43 people died.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The rate of people boarded in the E.R. for at least 24 hours tripled during that time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Ahead of the protests, some shops and other businesses across France boarded up their storefronts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Shortly afterward, he boarded a train in Florence with a painting among his trunks—and he was immediately mobbed by a crowd who assumed the painting was the Mona Lisa.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Priority boarding and charging for larger carry-on bags are, in part, the result of oversized, hard-shelled wheelie bags being crammed into overhead compartments.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Regarding priority boarding: Some passengers also have a legal right to go first, even if they have not paid for priority boarding.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Other new options include giving customers choice among meal options prior to boarding and free wifi.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Before these changes, the E.R. of one of Geisinger’s hospitals in Scranton, Pa., “just looked busy all the time,” said Geisinger Chief Medical Officer Jason Mitchell, who said boarding hours are down 40%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
We hobbled into the village of Nizankowice near midnight, and I knocked on the door of Mrs. Nowak, the Catholic woman who had been boarding Max during the week while he worked with Dr. Schillinger.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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