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border

[bawr-der] / ˈbɔr dər /




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Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of destruction from the tsunami-like wall of freezing water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

A tsunami-like wall of water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26 killed nearly 1,500 and left 5,800 missing in the two countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Finland has a massive 1,300km-long land border with Russia.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Customs delays and U.S. border difficulties, plus the Iran war and demand related to artificial-intelligence infrastructure build-outs, were all reported to have added strain on already stretched supply chains, S&P Global said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

American bombers continued circling their spots along the Soviet border.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

He told AFP that more will likely be established, in the region and in other nations friendly to China, as it experiments with how to run an air base beyond its borders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Yet the overwhelming share of the conduct at issue lies beyond not only Colorado’s borders but America’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He worked alongside activists and humanitarians , externalin Czechoslovakia to navigate complex political obstacles, such as getting children to Britain through the Netherlands, which had closed its borders to Jewish refugees.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The White House said in a statement, “These public service announcements are about reminding Americans to love their country and understand what makes it worth defending, at home, at our borders, and abroad.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

“And mostly, we guard the borderlands. We protect the borders of things.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

But Emerald Bay is gate-guarded, accessible only to residents, and its half-mile stretch of golden sand is bordered by the cliffs of two jutting points, geographically cutting off public access via other beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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

Ruined walls bordered a square courtyard about the size of a tennis court.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

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

None of the rest of them—Rishi or Pappa or Ma—could ever manage casual nonchalance bordering on arrogance.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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