put aboard

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The 24-year-old is known to have reached the coast of northern France in November, where he was one of about 100 people put aboard a boat fit to carry fewer than 20.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

There was even a submarine put aboard Plan B that Ms. Maxwell knew how to pilot.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019

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

Johnston and other Lexington survivors were eventually put aboard the Navy transport USS Barnett and started for San Diego.

From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2017

On June 2nd he was escorted to the Long Wharf in Boston and put aboard a revenue cutter and sent back to Virginia.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry