boarded

Example Sentences

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Sixteen passengers from the U.S. boarded a medical repatriation flight arranged by the federal government to Nebraska and remained there as of Monday, including one person who tested “mildly” positive for hantavirus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Officials have attempted to reconstruct their journey through Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, before they boarded the ship in Ushuaia, largely using border entry and exit records.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Ah’Mari Stevens, a 16-year-old football player from South Florida, boarded a helicopter with a videographer one day last spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Given these viruses’ weekslong incubation period, these people may have been feeling fine when they boarded the ship, before eventually falling ill.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

She tried the windows next, but she and her mother had boarded them all shut from the outside, trying to keep the hurricane out.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz