put aboard

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The 24-year-old is known to have reached the coast of northern France in November, where he was one of about 100 people put aboard a boat fit to carry fewer than 20.

From BBC • May 12, 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

Amid solemn fanfare, the unknown was selected from a cemetery in France and his remains put aboard Olympia and brought to Washington.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2021

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