Example Sentences

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Passengers have boarded, conductors have checked tickets, and everything appears ready to go.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

One popular feature of the app is Virtual Gate, which shows precisely how many people have boarded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of fans, or millions, have boarded the train — in part because public opinion can be elastic, but also because even in this era of Ye, glimmers of an older Kanye remain.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Some of those migrants later were believed to have boarded the fateful shipping container that left Belgium on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

It is night, I think, though it’s hard to be sure because they have boarded up the windows of the bus from the outside.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau