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are boarding

  • present progressive
    of board.
    board
    noun
    a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.

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At the highest end are boarding schools such as Cardigan Mountain, where repeating a grade for academic, emotional or other reasons has been common for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

It added that airlines are required to assist passengers with limited mobility, including when they are boarding or getting off an aircraft.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023

Gyal Lo, a Tibetan education expert who left China in late 2020, estimates at least 100,000 preschoolers are boarding, bringing the total close to 1 million.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Americans are boarding planes and cruise ships to flock to Europe in particular, based on early data.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

The Lawrences lived where you are boarding now.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery