put aboard

Example Sentences

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French authorities, who first became aware of the stricken vessel on Saturday, said they were put aboard a rescue ship and taken to Calais in the early hours of Sunday morning.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The father, escorted by Italian police, was put aboard an Italian military plane, which was due to land in Rome on Friday, Reggio Emilia’s prosecutors’ office said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Amid solemn fanfare, the unknown was selected from a cemetery in France and his remains put aboard Olympia and brought to Washington.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2021

The public relations officer brought a radio ashore early among the assault waves, but it was put aboard a jeep which he was unable to find until the next day.

From Fox News • Jun. 3, 2019

Germans were writing on the cars with blue chalk—the number of persons in each car, their rank, their nationality, the date on which they had been put aboard.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut