borders
Example Sentences
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His writing is so creative and original that it borders on poetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
—Journalist Christiane Amanpour, explaining how the real worry over 60,000 migrants pouring into Spain’s Ceuta region is that it might provoke more concern about open borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Iran has long land borders with seven countries and years of experience using them to bypass sanctions.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It shares a name with the Canadian province of Ontario, which borders the lake along with the US state of New York.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
And Adah, crocheting black borders on napkins and tossing them to the wind.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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