border on
Example Sentences
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Sanchez and his interior minister were due to visit the enclave's Tarajal border on Friday, the government said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Three firefighters were killed and two were injured while battling massive wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border on Saturday, officials say.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
“For us to conclude that a law of 160 years’ vintage, with this kind of empirical pedigree, has all along been both unnecessary and improper, would border on rationalist conceit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
He put his hand on the fence and watched the people filing through the border on foot a few yards away.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
