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Lithuania, a Nato member, shares a land border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningad.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“But the threat across the border right now gives us some time to reach our cruising speed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Five people have been detained and sent to border security command after a migrant boat reached Kent without being intercepted.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
An Indiana group is now pitching that idea directly to Illinois drivers via a roadside billboard near the state border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
On August 3, convinced that French forces were about to attack its western border, Germany declared war on France.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Globalization opens up markets, and deregulation across state lines lets people expand across state borders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Health systems must be capable of coordinating quickly when outbreaks spread across borders.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
When the modern state of Israel was formed in 1948, much of the Arab population that remained inside its borders continued to identify as or with Palestinians.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Lucrative cargoes of iron ore, cement and bottled gas are stuck at entry points to the Pakistani and Afghan borders, truckers say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
What would stop Stalin from continuing to expand the borders of his empire?
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the dark bordered beauty.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Many German commanders, Mr. Hargreaves reveals, felt Rommel favored “speed first, not safety,” and Rommel’s impulsiveness “frequently bordered on recklessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The cars are connected to charging points by the garages for the flats, which are in traditional red buildings bordered by birch trees and a large golf course.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
It forbade Germany to place soldiers in the Rhineland, a wide strip of unprotected German land that bordered France.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
India is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after the deadly flood apparently triggered by a glacial collapse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
It’s going to raise costs particularly in states that are either bordering or in close proximity to Canada and rely on trade with it.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
He gained a reputation for courage bordering on recklessness, ever-present in frontline trenches and personally leading expeditions to clear mines.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The look in his eyes is bordering on crazy.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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