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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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On March 22, five days after her initial tweets, Black announced that he would resign as CEO and board chairman of Apollo effective immediately, some three months ahead of schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

"I think that would absolutely go a long way to… undoing some of the disdain towards the water companies and get people on board to help look after our water resources."

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Eventually, others helped to move him and a doctor on board began CPR.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Chief executive Chazz Clevinger said he could not share how the 20,000 comments to the air board were generated or how constituents were identified and contacted.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

My list of eighth-grade goals is pinned up on the bulletin board next to the bookshelves, so neat and hopeful.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The biggest set is the interior of the police headquarters – an open-plan office with personal effects on each of the desks and boards of photographs and details of the fictional cases they're working on.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Labour representatives have half the seats on supervisory boards at big companies under Germany's system of co-determination.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Newsom was California’s lieutenant governor — a mostly ceremonial role that includes positions on several higher-education boards — from 2011 to 2019.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Enthusiastic message boards, blogs dedicated to any niche you could find in any hobby, news and culture websites as renowned for sharp commenters as their stable of writers.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Surratt’s place was hard to spot at night—the plain two-story structure was unpainted, and the dull wood boards reflected no moonlight.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

When my yearlong tenure ended, I boarded my flight and soon was gazing out the airplane window over the Rockies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Three smaller military jets were nearby and was impossible to tell which plane Clinton had actually boarded.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, had redirected 55 commercial ships, disabled two and boarded two to enforce the blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The president boarded Air Force One in Ankara, Turkey, on 8 July before being transported to another aircraft with the help of a catering truck, the Washington Post said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Under the cover of night, the young woman boarded the ship and was given a place belowdecks by a friendly captain named John Bowles.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

He attended the elite boarding school Eton, later revealing his hurt over William allegedly ignoring him while also there.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

Bush never quite lost his boarding school bearing.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Footage from 8 July shows him boarding Air Force One, the presidential jet, at Ankara airport.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

I think of all the different colors of skin of the scientists, passengers, and Monitors boarding on the first day.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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