border
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"North Koreans built a real Soviet-style border security system," said Andrei Lankov, an expert on the North at Kookmin University in Seoul.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The two-dimensional surface itself is finite and has no border because it curves back around.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Well, a lot of Latinos at the border work in enforcement too.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Perhaps predictably given their clubs' relative proximity to the border.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
I’m sitting on a train on the way to Dordrecht in a nurse’s uniform, helping six children get to the border.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Blanc said construction that borders those flood zones also needs a different approach.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The White House said in a statement, “These public service announcements are about reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
A recent Harris poll reveals that nearly half of Americans have considered a move beyond U.S. borders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The same thing is happening at Iran’s land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, dealing Tehran a self-inflicted blow and stifling trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The young mouse had set a scorching pace, marching through the night from the far borders of Mossflower Wood.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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To make the cabinets her own, she took inspiration from Danish flower paintings and began hand-painting pink flowers against a white background on the fronts, allowing them to be bordered by the original brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Another model that Iran and other Persian Gulf nations are examining is in the Strait of Malacca, which like Hormuz is a global energy chokepoint bordered by more than one country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Models walked down a wide runway set up in Manhattan, bordered by 7th Avenue and Broadway, while its famous billboards broadcast the images.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
While I was learning to swim, Irene had spent her summers building fences, moving cattle, branding, and helping the neighbors who bordered her parents’ ranch, and their neighbors.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour's East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But what has really put Sequoia on the marmot-shenanigans map is their all-out assault on the parking lots bordering trailheads in the Mineral King Valley—one of the wildest parts of the park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Glass lampposts sprouted up between the hedges bordering the path.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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