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boarder

[bawr-der, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dər, ˈboʊr- /


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The Scottish Mission School had around 400 day and boarder pupils aged from six to 16 years old, a mixture of Jewish and Christian girls.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

After learning the basics of tap dancing from a boarder in the house where he was living, he caught the eye of more experienced tappers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

“I was so traumatized,” Morrow, a school bus driver and dog boarder, said in an interview.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

A third paddle boarder was about 300 feet offshore when Seattle fire crews arrived, according to spokesperson Kaila Lafferty.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024

I was only a boarder, a man who paid her a bit of money and passed in and out of her home for six weeks.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Financial lessons from the nation’s history: embrace risks, don’t be afraid of debt, take in boarders if things get tight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Taking in boarders or starting a business, he says, are better strategies than buying a stock and hoping it will grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Mandy urged other paddle boarders to take proper precautions before going out on the water.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

While crews worked diligently to rake the fake snow over exposed rocks and patches of bare dirt on Friday, skiers and boarders scraped by like traffic on the 405 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

He’d left us two boarders, in fact: Mama Tataba and a parrot named Methuselah.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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