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boarding

[bawr-ding, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- /




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Six others were rescued, with one of them taken to hospital requiring urgent care, after migrants got into difficulty boarding a boat near Calais on Wednesday morning.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

She attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to Barnard College in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He conceived the social experiment based on a combination of his curiosity about people, the influence of “Lord of the Flies” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and his boarding school experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But there was a moment, when this man was boarding the bus, that the footage showed him in profile – this moment was what convinced police it was Stephen McCullagh.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But before the boarding house, there are apartment buildings.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron