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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
Several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast in the wake of the raid, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean.
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CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Whitney Westerfield boarded his Southwest flight from Tampa to Nashville on Thursday and went to his seat in Row 8.
—Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026
The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast in the wake of the raid, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean overnight.
—Ben Finley, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The next day, she was boarded onto a plane to El Paso, Texas, where she was held for about a week in a chilly, prison-like setting, surrounded by other women, most of them Spanish-speakers.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
French producer Nathalie Mesuret of Blue Monday discovered the project at Film Bazaar and boarded the production there.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
French sister companies The Jokers Films and Logical Pictures International (LPI) have boarded Michel Gondry‘s upcoming film Little Fears.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
The Russian security service – the FSB – said Sunday that immediately after the shooting the suspect boarded a flight from Moscow to Dubai, where he was detained and returned to Russia.
—Cnn's Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Whitney Westerfield boarded his Southwest flight from Tampa to Nashville on Thursday and went to his seat in Row 8.
—Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026
The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast in the wake of the raid, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean overnight.
—Ben Finley, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The next day, she was boarded onto a plane to El Paso, Texas, where she was held for about a week in a chilly, prison-like setting, surrounded by other women, most of them Spanish-speakers.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
French producer Nathalie Mesuret of Blue Monday discovered the project at Film Bazaar and boarded the production there.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
French sister companies The Jokers Films and Logical Pictures International (LPI) have boarded Michel Gondry‘s upcoming film Little Fears.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
The Russian security service – the FSB – said Sunday that immediately after the shooting the suspect boarded a flight from Moscow to Dubai, where he was detained and returned to Russia.
—Cnn's Tim Lister, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
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The monologue, about a Katrina hero known as Miss Pat who fed neighbors during the storm, became the climax of the evening, especially after the real-life Miss Pat came onstage.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Some of the remains are fed to the central black hole, while much of it is blasted away at near-light speeds as high-energy jets.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Based on the crest fossil’s inner vascular canals and exterior texture, the team theorizes that the cranial accessory was likely housed in keratin and brightly colored.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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But the aesthetic alone isn’t why the Grey, the restaurant housed there, routinely ranks on lists of the city’s best places to dine.—
Adam Kuehl,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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About 102,600 people could be accommodated daily through short-term rentals.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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This was partly out of deference to a president who thinks not of enemies but only of potential counterparties to be bargained with, bullied, swindled, or accommodated.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Policyholders shared complaints lodged against State Farm over denials to pay for the cleanup of fire toxins, rebuild estimates well below actual construction costs and delayed checks for living expenses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The impact from the collision with the deputy caused some of the gate posts to become lodged into the front of the Dodge Charger patrol car.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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