border
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Lithuania, a Nato member, shares a land border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningad.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Also on Monday, people in life jackets were pictured being taken into the border security command compound in Dover.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The kingdom needs to decide if it will seek de-escalation in hopes of ensuring quiet on its southern border or if its red lines have truly been crossed, necessitating a strong military response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
She says she would expand intelligence-sharing with Washington, work with U.S. agencies and the Coast Guard against drug trafficking and coordinate with Colombia to dismantle criminal groups on the border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The entire length of that border was about to become a battlefront.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Globalization opens up markets, and deregulation across state lines lets people expand across state borders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
When Germany's finances are in trouble and the country turns inward because of a political crisis, the knock-on effect beyond its borders can be considerable.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Health systems must be capable of coordinating quickly when outbreaks spread across borders.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The same thing is happening at Iran’s land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, dealing Tehran a self-inflicted blow and throttling trade through its few remaining economic release valves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They crowded, dark and uncontrolled, to the borders of the drive.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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 action bordered on farce - even Joe Root attempted a reverse-scoop - yet there was little Duckett could do about a spitter from Sears he fended to first slip.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
He has won six out of the seven counties bordering the lake in all of his three presidential runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour's East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Soon he entered one of the mill districts bordering the river.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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