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as in fed
to provide food or meals for
housed and boarded many foster children over the years
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found
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Recent Examples of boarded
This week, Finnish commandos boarded an oil tanker that officials suspect had cut through vital underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that carries electricity between Finland and Estonia.
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Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
All of the luggage is made by hand, which gives it an authentic, almost gritty feel that reminds you of a bygone era when passengers boarded steamships with large trunks and fashionable leather bags.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Delta said the investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings suggest the passenger boarded the plane without showing a boarding pass at the gate.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Officers boarded the train, found the man and took him into custody.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Other stores shuttered, and by the mid-1970s, nearly everything was closed or boarded up, the inside desolate and spooky.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
The train was ordered to stop at the next station, where two transit officers boarded and located the person of interest before arresting him without further incident.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
On March 8, 2014, 239 passengers and crew members boarded a Boeing 777 plane traveling from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
All of the luggage is made by hand, which gives it an authentic, almost gritty feel that reminds you of a bygone era when passengers boarded steamships with large trunks and fashionable leather bags.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
This incident follows a similar case weeks earlier when a Russian national, Svetlana Dali, 57, boarded a Delta flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or passport during the busy Thanksgiving travel period.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Additionally, Delta said the investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings suggest the passenger boarded the plane without showing a boarding pass at the gate.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
Officers boarded the train, found the man and took him into custody.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Other stores shuttered, and by the mid-1970s, nearly everything was closed or boarded up, the inside desolate and spooky.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
The train was ordered to stop at the next station, where two transit officers boarded and located the person of interest before arresting him without further incident.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
On March 8, 2014, 239 passengers and crew members boarded a Boeing 777 plane traveling from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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The relocation of Thames Distillers, now housed within the same building as the new bar, also marks a new phase for the joint venture.Rachel King, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Learn about Jerome’s mining past at this museum housed in a former home of the town's copper kings.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Amtrak will waive additional charges for customers who change their reservation, and most customers were accommodated on other trains, according to a spokesperson.Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
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Neurodiversity will be better accommodated at work Half of neurodivergent employees want to quit their jobs, or already have, due to not being supported by their employer.Sally Percy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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And those four opponents have lodged four of the five top shooting performances against Maryland.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
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Pictures shared on social media by the Omaha Fire Department showed the stuck truck with its nose lodged in the sinkhole and its rear wheels lifted off the ground.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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