boarded
Example Sentences
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She speaks with the audience frequently, talking about the themes of her music and honoring her Guyanese grandmother, who boarded a plane for the first time at 18 when she emigrated to England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Three smaller military jets were nearby and was impossible to tell which plane Clinton had actually boarded.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Most recently, the Italian navy, in conjunction with other EU countries, boarded a tanker in the central Mediterranean suspected of not being entitled to fly the flag it claimed.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They boarded a train in Birmingham, and the guards locked the doors of the cars to keep union organizers from getting to them.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
