put aboard

Example Sentences

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French authorities, who first became aware of the stricken vessel on Saturday, said they were put aboard a rescue ship and taken to Calais in the early hours of Sunday morning.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The father, escorted by Italian police, was put aboard an Italian military plane, which was due to land in Rome on Friday, Reggio Emilia’s prosecutors’ office said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Patients who had waited many days at home for a hospital bed were rounded up at night by community workers and put aboard buses.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2020

The public relations officer brought a radio ashore early among the assault waves, but it was put aboard a jeep which he was unable to find until the next day.

From Fox News • Jun. 3, 2019

On June 2nd he was escorted to the Long Wharf in Boston and put aboard a revenue cutter and sent back to Virginia.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry