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borderland

[bawr-der-land] / ˈbɔr dərˌlænd /


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The festival’s third-place Jury Prize went to the borderland German drama “The Dreamed Adventure,” directed by Valeska Grisebach.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Then the slippery borderland between fact and fiction, and the perils of ignoring just how slippery it is.

From Salon ● May 7, 2025

“You can crack down on these symptoms and the manifestations … that you can see in the borderland areas,” he said, “but they’ll come back unless you really have a sustained effort.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

He knew how to navigate their dark borderland.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan


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