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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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Around 19:00, Dame Caroline said she had been told that Border Force had intercepted the small boat and was taking those on board east to Dover by water.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Legislation forbids the board from creating any additional memorials within the center.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

The oversight board at Paramount adds a new layer of uncertainty as to how the two news divisions will operate in the merged company.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

"The mutiny of the board against the controlling shareholder is possibly a first, and not the right precedent for corporate India," independent advisory firm IiAS said in a note.

From Barron's

Coming home, Lloyd and Dad were up on the board.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Agreements on editorial boards or ombudsmen are typically made to assuage regulatory concerns over a change in media ownership.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Trump visited Beijing in May, and the two leaders agreed to establish bilateral boards of trade and investment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

Earlier this month, First Minister John Swinney announced plans to cut the number of health boards in Scotland from 14 to 2.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Given that clemency boards often look more favorably on applicants who acknowledge their wrongdoing and express remorse, I asked if he’d been tempted to confess.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

We built up one side of the wagon with twelve-inch widths of lumber we called bang boards.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Police said they believe she then boarded a bus to nearby Altrincham at about 13:50 BST, but it is not known where she got off.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The ferry's manifest listed 134 crew and passengers, but two had not boarded, according to the coast guard.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Every hero’s journey requires major movement, and in 2000, Rosales boarded a plane bound for New York.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

As of this week, the U.S. had redirected 87 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two to ensure total compliance, Centcom said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The porch sagged, the windows were boarded up, and the chimney had crumbled to bits.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

Just before boarding she found a better aisle seat for me without me asking.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

In January this year, after hearing that Bechi may have been released early, BBC undercover reporters attended an annual prayer event at the Shiddiqiyyah Islamic boarding school in East Java.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

After getting married at the weekend, the couple were boarding their flight to Funchal from Gatwick Airport when they say they were "turned right back around".

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

During a trip home to Argentina, he met Evelyn Penelope Jane Rose, known as Penny, an Englishwoman who was working as a teacher in a British-style boarding school in Buenos Aires.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Seeing Brandy makes me sad, and I get the funny thought that friendship is like boogie boarding.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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