borderline
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To say the tree cutting was “cleaning up,” she said, “is borderline farcical.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The first walk, to Turang, included a borderline ball four call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"In the face of cutbacks in preventative services and huge waiting lists, what's happening is those grey cases, those borderline cases, more of those children are coming to care," Broadhurst explains.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Member states have increased their defence expenditure for a borderline country like Finland. That's a good thing," Stubb said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The idea is to make myself look like someone who’s spent the night in a regular home with kitchen and washer and dryer, not like someone who’s borderline homeless.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
When Ms Clark had her smear in 2015, the result was negative when it should have highlighted borderlines changes.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
Global warming also has had its way with borderlines.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2020
When one actually thinks of the behemoth task that was accomplished back then in the planning, designing and implementing of the New York subway, it almost borderlines on magical.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
When there was no compromise involving other factors, borderlines were chosen to make the best possible separation of national groups, connecting the best marked physical features available.
From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern
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