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as in fed
to provide food or meals for
housed and boarded many foster children over the years
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found
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Recent Examples of boarded
Daniel de Visé Seventeen American passengers on MV Hondius, the cruise ship stricken with the hantavirus outbreak, have disembarked and boarded a flight home, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said in a news conference on Sunday.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak disembarked Monday and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine.
—Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
As my mother would eventually tell it, Visser then boarded a train to Rotterdam.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Dutch public health authorities have been monitoring people who were on a flight that was briefly boarded by a Dutch ship passenger who later died and was confirmed to have hantavirus.
—Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026
Bill and his wife, Colette Smedley, boarded their ship in January 2020 for a 28-day cruise to celebrate Colette’s birthday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Dutch public health authorities have been monitoring people who were on a flight that was briefly boarded by a Dutch ship passenger who later died and was confirmed to have hantavirus.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
The vacant 19th and Vine buildings, however, have an open dangerous buildings case, records show, and have been boarded up.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
Meanwhile, Dorka Pinczes, a student, boarded a busy tram to the Hungarian embassy in the Hague to vote for the first time in Hungary’s election.
—Alexandra Levy, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 May 2026
The last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak disembarked Monday and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine.
—Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
As my mother would eventually tell it, Visser then boarded a train to Rotterdam.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Dutch public health authorities have been monitoring people who were on a flight that was briefly boarded by a Dutch ship passenger who later died and was confirmed to have hantavirus.
—Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026
Bill and his wife, Colette Smedley, boarded their ship in January 2020 for a 28-day cruise to celebrate Colette’s birthday.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 9 May 2026
Dutch public health authorities have been monitoring people who were on a flight that was briefly boarded by a Dutch ship passenger who later died and was confirmed to have hantavirus.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
The vacant 19th and Vine buildings, however, have an open dangerous buildings case, records show, and have been boarded up.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
Meanwhile, Dorka Pinczes, a student, boarded a busy tram to the Hungarian embassy in the Hague to vote for the first time in Hungary’s election.
—Alexandra Levy, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
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Some shaggy buffalo drowsed in a patch of shade, and a hose fed water into a large puddle where a white goose paddled in tight circles.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Before the Lyon students went to the play elements, they were fed a lunch of hot dogs, chips and frozen custard.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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It is housed in the same building as the attraction’s affiliate, The Escape Game, which opened in 2015 and took hold in the world of escape rooms.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The Spanish Revival skyscraper once housed one of the city’s first newspapers, but later served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans seeking asylum in the United States, according to Miami Dade College, which now operates the site as a museum.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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Customers were accommodated on other flights.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Organizers ultimately expanded several booths at the request of returning exhibitors, further tightening the number of galleries that could be accommodated.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
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At various points throughout the past few months, the loose body would become lodged elsewhere inside Skubal’s arm, like a stick in a bike tire and Skubal’s elbow would become locked.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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One bullet lodged in a panel on the SUV’s passenger side.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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