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border

[bawr-der] / ˈbɔr dər /




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Also on Monday, people in life jackets were pictured being taken into the border security command compound in Dover.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Many Romanians involved in the crimes are in the U.S. illegally, authorities say, having overstayed visas, failed to show for asylum hearings or sneaked over the border.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

For Drew Grier, an American who lives eight minutes from the stadium, "the anthem playing tonight is a core part of who we are as a border city".

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

This reinforces other polls that have found that Michigan voters oppose the Canada border taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Every mother on both sides of the border warns her children that La Llorona will get them if they wander too close to the river.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

The findings reveal a disease that repeatedly crossed borders, evolved into new lineages, followed human movement, and continued shaping Europe for centuries after the Black Death itself had ended.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

While Saudi Arabia and others move goods overland, hundreds of truckers are trapped at Iran’s land borders, threatening its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

There’s the constant lite FM, which occasionally borders on dangerously funky, coming out of the nurses’ station whether Smitty or Howard is behind it.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the dark bordered beauty.

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

Models walked down a wide runway set up in Manhattan, bordered by 7th Avenue and Broadway, while its famous billboards broadcast the images.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

Dumbledore and Harry followed him onto a narrow dirt track bordered by higher and wilder hedgerows than those they had left behind.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city on the North African coast, bordering Morocco and separated from mainland Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar.

From BBC Sep. 16, 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

I brushed the dripping heads of the azaleas as I passed, so close they grew together, bordering the path.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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