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boarding

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




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The status has already given me free extra-legroom seats, checked bags, priority boarding and bonus miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Set at a boarding school for vampires, it attempted to address classism in the species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bechi is the son of prominent Islamic cleric Muhammad Mukhtar Mu'thi, founder of the Shiddiqiyyah Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Wearing a clerical collared shirt, Boateng moves through rows of buses loading passengers before boarding one bound for Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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

Bloomberg News earlier reported one of the boardings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

The sides have double boarding inside and outside the frames, with a layer of our excellent quilted seaweed insulation between each pair of boardings.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott



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