borderland

Example Sentences

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Her borderland upbringing in El Paso has also shaped her Spanglish lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Then the slippery borderland between fact and fiction, and the perils of ignoring just how slippery it is.

From Salon • May 7, 2025

“You can crack down on these symptoms and the manifestations … that you can see in the borderland areas,” he said, “but they’ll come back unless you really have a sustained effort.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023

In the borderland east of Ukrainia in Russia, there was a community of Cossacks who were members of the Greek Orthodox Church.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok