border

Example Sentences

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The plan could result in putting more U.S. troops closer to the Russian border, an outcome likely to antagonize Moscow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Many analysts expressed a view that it was a matter of when, not if, widespread fighting broke out again in Tigray or across the border into Eritrea.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

At a time when border states are firing at one another, North Korea’s abrupt friendliness—as fleeting as it may be—has lowered the temperature between two countries still technically at war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He said lots of hotels, bars and restaurants rely on domestic trade across the border for weddings and functions and that the 9% rate being introduced in the Republic in the summer will affect them.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

By the end of January 1945, the Americans had driven the Germans back to their own border.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti