border

Example Sentences

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After narrowly escaping death in her border village, Myriam Nohra is among the people in south Lebanon imploring the army for protection from the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

From Barron's

Tens of thousands of allied troops were massed on Iraq and Kuwait's borders for the ground war, which was still nine days away.

From BBC

It’s at this point that the border becomes decidedly gray, like the transit zones of international airports.

From Salon

The M23 rebels took control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, near the border with Rwanda, early last year.

From BBC

Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis.

From Barron's