the boards
plural noun
US
: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey
He crashed into the boards.
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Jarmon told officials in her email that the 10-day period will allow the boards of the housing authority and the Central Arkansas Housing Corporation to discuss the proposal at their upcoming meetings.
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Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2025
Industry and subscriber hopes that a second week of Monday Night Football would hasten the end of the clash went by the boards.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
The Bruins controlled the boards, 49-25, with Amanda Muse grabbing seven off the bench.
—Apress, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
The theatrical stars first became friends in the early 2000s, while both on the boards in different stage musicals.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The forward deked past the goaltender, backhanded the puck into the net and then slid into the boards.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy, and the Producers Guild of America, Goetz serves on the boards of six nonprofit organizations.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Both Lachlan and James were appointed to the boards of both companies, and that period eventually paved the way for the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Cranston says the boards without prices contain Easter eggs.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
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Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2025
Industry and subscriber hopes that a second week of Monday Night Football would hasten the end of the clash went by the boards.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
The Bruins controlled the boards, 49-25, with Amanda Muse grabbing seven off the bench.
—Apress, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
The theatrical stars first became friends in the early 2000s, while both on the boards in different stage musicals.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The forward deked past the goaltender, backhanded the puck into the net and then slid into the boards.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy, and the Producers Guild of America, Goetz serves on the boards of six nonprofit organizations.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Both Lachlan and James were appointed to the boards of both companies, and that period eventually paved the way for the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Cranston says the boards without prices contain Easter eggs.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
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“The boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20boards. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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