the boards
plural noun
US
: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey
He crashed into the boards.
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Eetu Luostarinen and Reinhart set up the play by working the boards, forcing a turnover.
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Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Laughton has also served on the boards of Instacart and Impossible Foods.
—Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Tavares dug the puck from the boards to Robertson, who beat Talbot with a slap shot.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Leerdam, 26, lost her balance on the second bend of the 1000-meter trial, falling to the ice and crashing into the boards.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Kansas City struck first when Zach Reget picked out Nacho Flores for the opener, and the intensity of the rivalry escalated early in the second quarter when Milwaukee’s Derek Huffman was issued a red card for throwing Christian Anderaos head-first into the boards.
—Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Kramer’s community involvement includes sitting on the boards of the Minnesota State Fair Foundation and the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society.
—Dale Morin, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2025
Jarmon told officials in her email that the 10-day period will allow the boards of the housing authority and the Central Arkansas Housing Corporation to discuss the proposal at their upcoming meetings.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2025
Industry and subscriber hopes that a second week of Monday Night Football would hasten the end of the clash went by the boards.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
Laughton has also served on the boards of Instacart and Impossible Foods.
—Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Tavares dug the puck from the boards to Robertson, who beat Talbot with a slap shot.
—CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Leerdam, 26, lost her balance on the second bend of the 1000-meter trial, falling to the ice and crashing into the boards.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Kansas City struck first when Zach Reget picked out Nacho Flores for the opener, and the intensity of the rivalry escalated early in the second quarter when Milwaukee’s Derek Huffman was issued a red card for throwing Christian Anderaos head-first into the boards.
—Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Kramer’s community involvement includes sitting on the boards of the Minnesota State Fair Foundation and the Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society.
—Dale Morin, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2025
Jarmon told officials in her email that the 10-day period will allow the boards of the housing authority and the Central Arkansas Housing Corporation to discuss the proposal at their upcoming meetings.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2025
Industry and subscriber hopes that a second week of Monday Night Football would hasten the end of the clash went by the boards.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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“The boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20boards. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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