borders

Example Sentences

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The disease has spilled across Congo’s borders into Uganda, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Nearby were more family artifacts: photographs, keepsakes, fragments of lives divided across borders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

An additional complication is that the outbreak is taking place in a conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Since the borders opened in 1989, many Bulgarians have settled abroad.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

“See how one side’s flat? That’s where it borders with the DR.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older