boarded

past tense of board

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of boarded Additionally, Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding and Abbey Lee have joined the cast, while The Bear creator Chris Storer has boarded as an exec producer. — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Video captured on Wednesday shows glass boarded up near the entrance, where witnesses said the shooting happened. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The star has boarded a new untitled sci-fi to be written and directed Alex Garland for A24. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Chesney was the first to admit it before his team boarded a plane back to Los Angeles, instead of a boat. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Pattinson eventually boarded to star, and Singh, his girlfriend and his dog packed into his car and drove to New York in late 2024. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 Later Monday the graffiti was removed and the door was boarded up. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 In Mississippi, for two decades, sheriff’s deputies routinely water-boarded and beat people in order to elicit a confession, according to a 2023 investigation by Mississippi Today. — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Tran Hiep was due to meet his wife in Bangkok but never boarded his flight. — Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
Verb
  • After the raid at the home last year, authorities found that almost every room in the house was equipped with surveillance cameras that fed a series of monitors in the parents’ bedroom, Queally said.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • It's fed by coldwater streams and can support salmon and trout.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals and architecture firm Populous revealed new renderings for the stadium, which will be housed in Crown Center.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The service station, which was in a small town on the Adriatic Coast, also housed a restaurant.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jalisco state suspended classes on Friday and Monday in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating people from at-risk areas while asking the tourism sector to make sure workers and visitors are fully accommodated in shelters or safe zones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In short, pool coverage underscores efforts to create a public record of government actions, even if every news group can’t be accommodated in a particular physical space.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The bullet remained lodged in Roosevelt's body for the rest of his life.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Koyari said Japan lodged a protest to North Korea through their embassies in Beijing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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