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Nowhere is the impact more obvious than at the Flying J, just over the border from Louisiana at the crossroads of a U.S. consumer economy that runs on diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
A Home Office spokesperson said: "The Border Security Command works around the clock to monitor the Channel and protect our border."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The mines responsible for the blast, which left three soldiers wounded, were believed to have been laid as part of Pyongyang's border fortification work, according to South Korea's defence minister Kang Shin-chul.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Scientists believe the disease probably spread to Scotland after infected midges were blown across the border from England but the risk of transmission is now falling as the midge season draws to a close.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Harry Seidel got on his bike and pedaled toward the border.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Meanwhile the court has long been wary of letting one state extend its nuisance laws beyond its own borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Culver City secured an agreement with the operator of the Inglewood Oil Field to shut down the part that lies within its borders by 2029.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Spanish economist and author Daniel Lacalle, in a recent conversation with MarketWatch, says France – along with the U.K. and Japan – are the countries whose financial troubles could spill across the borders.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Arrivals have fluctuated over the decades, but plunged sharply during the Covid pandemic when many nations shut their borders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Now, with American bombers stalking the borders of Soviet territory, he launched the rocket.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The action bordered on farce - even Joe Root attempted a reverse-scoop - yet there was little Duckett could do about a spitter from Sears he fended to first slip.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Many German commanders, Mr. Hargreaves reveals, felt Rommel favored “speed first, not safety,” and Rommel’s impulsiveness “frequently bordered on recklessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Models walked down a wide runway set up in Manhattan, bordered by 7th Avenue and Broadway, while its famous billboards broadcast the images.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
They nodded respectful goodbyes that bordered on bows, and left.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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MCALLEN, Texas — Vanessa Ovalle has a “frontline view” of Texas schools as a single mom and a speech pathologist at a local school in McAllen, a city in the Rio Grande Valley bordering Mexico.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
He gained a reputation for courage bordering on recklessness, ever-present in frontline trenches and personally leading expeditions to clear mines.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
His appetite, on the other hand, was fierce, sometimes bordering on the violent.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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