border on
Example Sentences
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The company has followed previous Musk ventures in sharing ambitions that border on the surreal, including spacebound data centers and Mars-based manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Around 300 fled back across the border on Saturday and hundreds more will follow, it said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
"We consider these acts illegal. They border on international piracy," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Somewhere along the way, culture began to border on cult.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The first streaks of evening lay against the sky like a purple border on a blue sari.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
