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  • present participle of board.
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boarding

[bawr-ding, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- /




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We headed for the United Club but when I scanned my boarding pass at the e-gate it didn’t let me through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

My boarding group was five but I jumped to group one with the VIP service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

His trial sent shockwaves through Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country where millions of parents send their children to Islamic boarding schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Lillia was seen boarding a 247 bus from the Trafford Centre on Saturday, heading in the direction of Altrincham, but it was not known where she got off.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

I was away at boarding schools from the age of six, and when I wasn’t at school I was usually at cattle camp with my brothers and the other men.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Former Royal Navy warship commander Tom Sharpe told BBC Verify it was "utterly confusing" and "pathetic" that no boardings had been carried out.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Arabian Sea, could serve as a base of operations for boardings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The route between downtown Los Angeles and Koreatown is one of Metro’s most heavily used rail lines, with an average of around 65,000 daily boardings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

The Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has law-enforcement authority to enforce U.S. sanctions against trading Iranian oil and would likely be used to lead any tanker boardings, legal analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

There are the fastenings of the shutters in the first place, then the boardings all round.

From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty



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