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board

[bawrd] / bɔrd /
NOUN
piece of wood
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VERB
provide food and sleeping quarters
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STRONGEST
WEAK


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Her confident 113, the first international century of her career, made her the first woman to score a Test hundred at Lord's and placed her on the batting board.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

At a Friday meeting, the board voted to pull back on the plan, and the links that explained it — which appeared on the UC website late last week — have been removed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Fain has played down the internal conflicts, saying most of the union’s board is doing right by its members.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Employees waited over five years for the board to decide whether they had been unlawfully removed from their positions.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

He was up on the board again with the reins in his hand.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Instagram, TikTok and Reddit boards are filled with roughly 1,000 comments regarding the Yerord Mas “ragequit” debate, some discrediting the restaurant and others the influencer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

This policy change, along with rising insurance premiums, aging buildings and inflated construction costs, has created a perfect storm that’s pushing condo boards to hike these ancillary fees.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Community activists, many citing water-related concerns, are challenging developments through planning boards and courts, slowing some projects but stopping few.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

And he's not the only one, with florist Kadir Kokus saying sales had been badly hit since the boards were erected late last month.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Just a few dry, weather-worn boards leaning haphazardly against a crooked frame, showing daylight through to the cracked furniture within.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

There was no reason to expect his form to dry up the moment he boarded a flight across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The first time he played there with the Angels, Millville basically closed down for the night, and just about everyone in town boarded a bus to the game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

On Friday, Sept. 10, 1976, a Croat named Zvonko Bušić, his wife, Julienne, and three compatriots boarded a plane bound for Chicago.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Already on Sunday afternoon, there were few cars on the roads in Guam or the Northern Marianas with almost all stores closed, many of them with their windows boarded up.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

Cassiopeia kept shouting as they boarded the train.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Having spent part of his childhood at a Swiss boarding school, Kim enjoys finer things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“The second I step onto the tarmac at Burbank, I start acting like I’m boarding a private jet,” wrote one Threads user.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Even his working-class credentials came under attack; the scion of a well-heeled family, Platner attended boarding school and got $200,000 from his dad to buy a house.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Workers at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan resort were boarding up windows, securing outdoor furniture and equipment, checking alarm systems and stocking first aid kits on Friday.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Her seven rooms were always crammed to the gills, with as many as twenty-one men boarding at a time and five to six new referrals every day.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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