borderline

For Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House’s World Cup task force and son of Rudy Giuliani, the borderline call was an injustice that demanded executive intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Rushing, seemingly not pleased with a borderline check-swing call, argued with Iassogna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

He said the "borderline belligerence" of the council beggared belief and the work should have been done in the evening with traffic lights.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Typical rush hour congestion already creates borderline unsafe conditions for boarding and exiting popular junctions like Penn Station and Secaucus, partially because these rail lines already run over capacity.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

At dinners, we are borderline delirious in our love for each other.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Fitzgerald's Jazz Age was a time when the borderlines between the fortunes of the elite and the spoils of organised crime were blurred and shifting.

From BBC ● May 31, 2013

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 Elpern, Sarah Jane