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The 38-year-old craftsman from Tangiers dropped everything to head to the border town of Fnideq after hearing via social media that the frontier was open.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Officials in those countries have repeatedly asked residents in border areas to take shelter amid fear of incursions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The 50-year-old mother of two from the town of Powell River, British Columbia, even remembers a time when you didn't need a passport to cross the border.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
While excoriating the loss of his visa, López Beltrán also painted a dystopian picture of present-day life north of the border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In some spots, apartment buildings lined the border between East and West, and people jumped out windows in the East and landed in the West.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Manipur borders Myanmar, and India's north-east has been flagged as a route for the illegal trade in exotic wildlife, although authorities have not concluded that the gibbons in this case were trafficked.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
U.S. officials allegedly devised the ruse after they became concerned about an Iranian threat to target Trump as he left Turkey, which borders Iran.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Every few decades since its founding a dark and deadly cycle begins, terrorizing the local community, many of whom are unable to survive beyond the island’s borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Resistance to migration means that borders are going to be less open everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
My fear and discomfort crept beyond the borders of the classroom and accompanied me out onto the wide boulevards.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
But Emerald Bay is gate-guarded, accessible only to residents, and its half-mile stretch of golden sand is bordered by the cliffs of two jutting points, geographically cutting off public access via other beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
At the heart of the dwelling is the “beautifully appointed main residence,” which is bordered by a detached guesthouse, a separate artist’s studio, and a garage with its own bedroom.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The plan for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was this: Endurance would sail from South America into the Weddell Sea, which is bordered by the Antarctic Peninsula.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Teenager Jasmine Bernard, who lives in a neighborhood bordering Boxtown, has been fighting for two years against the gas turbines that power the data center and spew emissions into the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ceuta is closer yet, sitting on the North African coast, bordering Moroccan territory, as does another Spanish exclave, the city of Melilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“The magnitude of revision in growth cluster earnings expectations is bordering on surreal,” they say.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Thirteen of the 17 regions of neighbouring Spain were on orange alert on Sunday, while the northern Basque Country bordering France was on red alert.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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