Example Sentences

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It is the 10th time she has boarded this first-of-its-kind project, known as the cultural center on wheels.

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

A Scottish expat who has been shielding his family from Russian air strikes in Ukraine has boarded a train to escape.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022

Over the past 10 years, Ben Wolfe has boarded a boat in the Santa Barbara Harbor with his wetsuit and scuba tank, ready to catch lobsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2019

Responding to the bodies found between March and last week, the city has added more urgency to an existing program that already has boarded up thousands of vacant houses across Detroit.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019

A detachment of Austrian anti-airmen has boarded up every window, overturned every bed.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr