board up
Example Sentences
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It’s more like throwing the game board up in the air to see how it might come down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
It’s a quiet crisis — one that surfaces every fall when the beaches clear and the storefronts board up.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025
Lawyers have told the BBC they have been advised by police to work from home, board up office windows and install fireproof letterboxes.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
As owners, we are required to keep the building secure, and we do our best to board up and secure new breaches, sometimes multiple times a week.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024
It was an elderly client, a woman living alone in a Garden District mansion, asking if Zeitoun’s crew could come over and board up her windows.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
