borders
Example Sentences
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Iran claimed the meeting with Oman resulted in an agreement on the route through the strait, which Iran borders on the north and Oman on the south.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes, borders both the Canadian province and the US state of New York.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“What makes it so important is not just its scale, but that it demonstrates how governments can align policy, infrastructure planning and industry engagement across borders to accelerate the transition,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
—Journalist Christiane Amanpour, explaining how the real worry over 60,000 migrants pouring into Spain’s Ceuta region is that it might provoke more concern about open borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They could have bided their time until the borders eventually reopened or gone through legal channels to get us green cards before we left Iran, but that would have likely taken years.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
