had boarded
- past perfect of board.
Example Sentences
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The Turkish travel vlogger had boarded the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 to do a story about one of its stops, Tristan da Cunha, the remote archipelago in the South Atlantic.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Singh had boarded the vessel in early February and sailed to the Persian Gulf to load crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The administration said Sunday that the Coast Guard was pursuing a tanker off the Venezuelan coast, though it did not say the U.S. forces had boarded the vessel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
"I booked multiple options because most were cutting it very close," he said just after he had boarded a Virgin Atlantic flight from Mumbai to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
As soon as Mark and Alec had boarded the Berg and disappeared in the woods, she’d taken charge.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
