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boarding

[bawr-ding, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- /




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Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil's runoff election to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday, entered Argentina on Tuesday night before boarding a flight to Ecuador, the country's National Directorate of Migration said on X.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Then I was sent off to boarding schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

For decades, India has been home to well-established local boarding schools modelled on the colonial British public-school system, serving elite, aristocratic families.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The alert came in as I was boarding another American flight and I mistakenly thought they had changed that very good bulkhead seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It’s like living with a cruel boarding school teacher inside your own mind.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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

Several warships remain in the Caribbean, and Coast Guard teams are in position to conduct more boardings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

"The EU could support Member States in their efforts if they agree to grant the EU the right to negotiate agreements on their behalf for pre-authorised boardings for inspections."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

A review of the number of boardings from 2018 shows routine dips in bus ridership during the summer months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025

If ladies come to inhabit the camp, fresh rooms will be partitioned off by boardings as high as the eaves, leaving the roof within open and common, for the sake of air. 

From At Last by Charles Kingsley


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