- present participle of board.
boarding
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By the time those customers are boarding flights back to the land without ranch, many of them have already stocked up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
To boot, prosecutors said, the captain also “reported receiving what he believed were radio calls from the cartel attempting to hail the Aquatravesia prior to a boarding or takeover.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Before boarding his jet for China, where these batteries have so far been produced, Gupta pledged: "Our industrial transformation journey is just starting."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Renovated historic buildings and a purpose-built 17-storey student boarding centre will open in Cardiff Bay in September 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
There’s a German boarding house at the end, where soldiers stay, mostly the ones who are with the police.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Former Royal Navy warship commander Tom Sharpe told BBC Verify it was "utterly confusing" and "pathetic" that no boardings had been carried out.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The route between downtown Los Angeles and Koreatown is one of Metro’s most heavily used rail lines, with an average of around 65,000 daily boardings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which is sailing off the coast of Oman near the Persian Gulf, could serve as a base of operations for boardings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
The Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has law-enforcement authority to enforce U.S. sanctions against trading Iranian oil and would likely be used to lead any tanker boardings, legal analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
There are the fastenings of the shutters in the first place, then the boardings all round.
From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)