board up
Example Sentences
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The sign board up ahead has just been changed to show there's no fuel.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
But the continued presence of homeless encampments on the streets surrounding El Mexicano Market has forced Solano to board up her storefront and hire extra security to protect her business, her employees and her customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
It’s a quiet crisis — one that surfaces every fall when the beaches clear and the storefronts board up.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025
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
