border
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Ceuta has a land border with Morocco and has seen migrant rushes before, notably in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That it happened reflects the desperation of many Moroccans to cross the border.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
And the Scottish government doesn't want to shake up councils north of the border.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The rulings will apply to jurisdictions that stretch across much of the southern border, affecting states where large numbers of immigrant detainees are held in federal custody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
And I in white linen with a crocheted pink border, which is right for my coloring.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Italy on Thursday called for Spain's suspension from the Schengen zone -- a system of open borders that encompass 29 European countries that have officially abolished frontier controls at their common borders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
She added: "From the film Drive to the Paris Olympics, the whole world was moved by Nightcall . Both danceable and nostalgic, his music will continue to transcend generations and borders."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Turkey borders Iran, and hostilities between Washington and Tehran had flared up again at the time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Yet much of the international trading system still operates as if goods cross borders only aboard container ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Maybe politics and borders were supposed to keep us apart, but David and I built a safe space, a nest where our differences brought us together.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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The place: Opened in November 2025, One&Only’s first U.S. resort occupies 240 acres, bordered by more than 17,000 acres of permanently protected land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The action bordered on farce - even Joe Root attempted a reverse-scoop - yet there was little Duckett could do about a spitter from Sears he fended to first slip.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
McCardel found that the job required an ability to conceptualize problems in a way that bordered on the philosophical.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
She pointed to another spot, bordered by a large cluster of trees.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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At the Kuchurgan power station, located on the shore of a reservoir bordering Ukraine, she discovers how a facility that once powered a chunk of the former Soviet empire now enables a digital gold rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The magnitude of revision in growth cluster earnings expectations is bordering on surreal,” they say.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The mass raid also killed one person on a ferry and hit an oil terminal in Russia's southern Krasnodar region bordering Crimea, the authorities there said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
There were one, two, three smaller holes bordering the top of the hole where Seven stood.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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