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Pyongyang said Monday the situation along the two countries' shared border was "grave" and that it was considering deploying additional "tactical strike means" to the area.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
He had campaigned in the south of France, where he held rallies attended by supporters who travelled across the border to see him.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Bland, a former primary school teacher and police officer, was among 17 Reform candidates to be returned to the Scottish Parliament in May as the party made its electoral breakthrough north of the border.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In April, while Prigozhin stayed at the hotel in Bangui, Wagner fighters in Russian helicopters conducted aerial surveillance of wildcat gold-mining operations near the South Sudan border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
We arrived at the southern border in March, and, boy, is it warm!
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The area borders the vast Rose Atoll marine sanctuary, where endangered species of hawksbill turtle thrive on vibrant reefs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The three main Allied victors of World War II met at Yalta in 1945 to carve new European borders after the Nazis’ defeat.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Sloan’s stylistic range reflects a music industry in which the borders between genres have never been more porous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Iran built up the militias into a self-described Axis of Resistance to project power and keep fighting away from its borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
More and more countries are closing their borders to refugees coming from Syria.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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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
The proposal would create new traffic patterns for ships transiting the strait, which is bordered by Iran on the northern shore and Oman on the southern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The KBV, a national association representing statutory health insurance physicians, said that it "bordered on madness" to force thousands of people to visit doctors' surgeries simply to fill in forms.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
He had finally gotten the hang of his journal, writing things that bordered on thoughtful—but it was still just a sham.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Earthquakes are rare in Panama and usually occur in the western Chiriqui province, bordering Costa Rica.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, Chinese cars are already becoming a frequent sight on some U.S. roads, especially in states bordering Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
MCALLEN, Texas — Vanessa Ovalle has a “frontline view” of Texas schools as a single mom and a speech pathologist at a local school in McAllen, a city in the Rio Grande Valley bordering Mexico.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The allamanda bushes bordering the garden bloomed heavily with yellow, cylindrical flowers.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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