come aboard
Example Sentences
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While the virus is believed to have come aboard there, its precise origin - and the identity of those carrying it - remains unclear.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Training classes with up to 40 people are almost always in session as new employees come aboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
It was awkward to come aboard during that time, especially when I’d run into former employees in press boxes.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2023
“Our passports were taken,” he said to the reporters who had just come aboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
Upon ascending, I was confronted by the most welcome of spectacles: Dr. Trefusis and Bono both having just come aboard, conferring with Serjeant Clippinger.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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