boarded

past tense of board

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Recent Examples of boarded With assistance from California State Parks and the Placer County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit, Roseville Police boarded a patrol boat and found the suspect operating the vessel on the lake. Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 The sources said Machado had already boarded the aircraft and was preparing for departure when the process was unexpectedly halted. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 Katz, the 27-year-old political operative who rose to prominence after helping to propel Zohran Mamdani to Gracie Mansion, boarded a flight from Newark to Bangor on Tuesday afternoon before taking a car to Platner’s Sullivan home. Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026 European producer-distributor Off The Fence has now boarded the pic and is readying it as a package for the market. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026 On Thursday, windows and doors at the formerly wide-open home, about 60 miles southeast of Columbus, had been boarded up. Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Challenge accepted While visitors boarded the ships to learn about foreign cultures, sailors operating the vessels found their own ways to connect with their international counterparts. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026 On August 11, 1979, the Pakhtakor squad boarded a flight to play Dinamo Minsk in the Soviet Top League, the highest division of the former Soviet Union. Colin Millar, New York Times, 27 June 2026 As of Saturday, June 27, the damage caused by the crash has been boarded up, per Reuters. Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
Verb
  • Jade Shuey, 21, one of three individuals who were arrested following the child’s discovery, said that the young boy was usually fed through the gate and occasionally went longer than a week without a bath, WGAL reported, citing an affidavit.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Power comes courtesy of three electric motors rated at a resounding 1,582 hp, and fed by a second-generation blade battery with a 76 kWh capacity for a best range of 254 miles.
    Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.
    Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • Those needs are easily accommodated through thoughtful exceptions easily administered by teachers and school staff.
    Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Devers furthered the Giants’ cause with a ground-rule double that lodged itself under the padding along the right-field line, scoring Schmitt.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • The hotel may already be lodged somewhere in your subconscious thanks to its iconic yellow umbrellas and vaulted-ceiling indoor pool.
    Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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