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boarder

[bawr-der, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dər, ˈboʊr- /


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George will now become a boarder, at one of the Eton's 25 boarding houses.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

After learning the basics of tap dancing from a boarder in the house where he was living, he caught the eye of more experienced tappers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

“I was so traumatized,” Morrow, a school bus driver and dog boarder, said in an interview.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

A third paddle boarder was about 300 feet offshore when Seattle fire crews arrived, according to spokesperson Kaila Lafferty.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024

Inside, the house is dark and muffled, silent but for the tick of the grandfather clock in the parlor, the cough of a boarder on the second floor.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Financial lessons from the nation’s history as the U.S. reaches 250 years: take risks, don’t be afraid of debt, take in boarders if things get tight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Taking in boarders or starting a business, he says, are better strategies than buying a stock and hoping it will grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

While crews worked diligently to rake the fake snow over exposed rocks and patches of bare dirt on Friday, skiers and boarders scraped by like traffic on the 405 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Once, they might have been rented out to boarders, but that model has unfortunately fallen out of fashion in spite of platforms like Airbnb, perhaps because the owners often don’t need the money.

From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2024

Then the house had six boarders at five dollars a head.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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