come aboard
Example Sentences
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While the virus is believed to have come aboard there, its precise origin - and the identity of those carrying it - remains unclear.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
In the following months, he convinced a former Samsung colleague and an old friend who was an algorithm expert to come aboard as co-founders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
It was awkward to come aboard during that time, especially when I’d run into former employees in press boxes.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2023
“Our passports were taken,” he said to the reporters who had just come aboard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
“No one ever boards a boat at sea except in an emergency. He wouldn’t have come aboard just to talk, you see. Fishermen don’t do things that way.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
