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The heat wave is deep, persistent and widespread, spanning from roughly San Francisco to the Mexican border.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The Conservatives are fighting to hold on to their heartlands in the north-east and along the southern border.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But that war was largely fought in trenches near the border.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Border Patrol agents are typically stationed at the border where their day-to-day work entails scooping up people who have crossed illegally.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Born on March 15, 1767, in a rugged cabin near Waxhaw Creek, a border area between North and South Carolina, he grew up in a rough-and-tumble frontier of hardship and war.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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