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The Los Angeles City Council’s Arts, Parks and Libraries Committee voted Tuesday to hike zoo ticket prices by $2 across the board, an increase of 7% to 9% depending on the type of ticket purchased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It then sidles up to a smaller U.S. government jet and elevates its container once again, presumably letting Trump board unnoticed.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In addition to Ishbia, its board includes his father, who founded the company, and his brother Justin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A meat board carries half a butcher shop in sausage form.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Father Julien is giving Mass on board the Grant when the service is interrupted by an announcement.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Labor boards are supposed to provide fair and evenhanded review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Generally, nonprofit boards are made up entirely of volunteers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Gianni: Here's Donny", writes the Daily Star with a nod to The Shining - using a picture of US President Donald Trump breaking through wooden boards like Jack Nicholson's character in the film.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Copper, tantalum and even the plastic from circuit boards are sorted and sold to specialist recyclers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth boarded the C-32A separately using external stairs in an effort to make the flight appear normal, according to the newspaper.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
According to an anonymous US official who spoke to the Post, Trump boarded an Air Force One jet in Ankara on July 8, but then moved into a catering container attached to the plane.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
A few hours after their season-ending defeat in the NFC championship game last January, the Rams boarded a plane for their flight home from Seattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Fans mobbed an airport to jeer him as he boarded a private jet bound for LSU.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Thin threads of light entered through their boarded windows.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
According to the Post, Trump crossed to the other side of the presidential plane after boarding and stepped into the truck’s elevated container.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was then seen disembarking Air Force One in the UK, before boarding his newer, Qatari-gifted jet and returning to the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They had to evacuate from the grounds of Leiston Abbey, three miles from the wildfire, but local boarding school Framlingham College offered them alternative accommodation.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The best parts, especially if you’re not traveling light: priority boarding plus the option of Red Cap service to your train straight from the lounge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Powers's commander, Colonel William Shelton, approached him just before boarding earlier that morning.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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