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Helicopters, dog units and members of the public had been scouring the area, close to the River Stour on the Suffolk-Essex border.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Washington trade negotiators want to encourage more North American content in servers, chips and other equipment crossing America’s southern border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Helicopters, dog units and members of the public had been scouring the area, close to the estuary of the River Stour on the Essex border.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Experts say that in addition to airports and formal cargo routes, the land border between Myanmar and India's northeast is a key trafficking route.
From Barron's
You could visit a country that had previously neighbored France, step over the border they used to have, and—bam!—by some remnant of the original spell, you were on Zeke’s knee.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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Iran’s land borders were a mess before these latest closures, though.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
When the modern state of Israel was formed in 1948, much of the Arab population that remained inside its borders continued to identify as or with Palestinians.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The same thing is happening at Iran’s land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, dealing Tehran a self-inflicted blow and stifling trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yu added that Beijing hopes, through the "geographical integration" of the two cities, "to gradually dissolve the borders".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some wanted him to pray for husbands and sons stationed at the borders of the country.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
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 graveyard faced east, all the stones and markers laid out in a fan shape bordered with saw palmetto and evergreen trees.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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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
Videos shared by Nepal police and others on social media showed torrents of muddy water crashing through mountain valleys in the Himalayan district bordering China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born Jan. 19, 1946, in a two-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tenn., a town bordering Gatlinburg, Tenn., and the Great Smoky Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“You’re not smooth—you’re bordering on stupid!” their mother erupted angrily.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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