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Chinese rescuers near the Tibet border port that was hit by a deadly mudslide were "moved to a safe location" Sunday, after a new lake was formed by a landslide, state media reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The US Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday near the high-altitude China-Nepal border was caused by a glacial collapse that sent a torrent of debris downstream.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Observer leads with news that at least 675 are dead and 3,000 remain missing "along a 60-mile ribbon of mud" on the border.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The United States cannot require Canada to adopt the new name for the lake, which forms part of the international border.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
By the end of January 1945, the Americans had driven the Germans back to their own border.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Cars, trucks and parts are among the main goods traded between the US, Canada and Mexico, with the manufacturing sector and supply chains stretching across borders.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It borders the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Iran claimed the meeting with Oman resulted in an agreement on the route through the strait, which Iran borders on the north and Oman on the south.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
His writing is so creative and original that it borders on poetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some days, they walked so deep that Ivy forgot there was anything beyond the forest’s borders, and she emerged from its shadows puzzled to find Poppy Cottage standing just where she’d left it that morning.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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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
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 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
The park leads on to the Grand Union Canal Walk and is bordered by the River Brent, a tributary of the River Thames.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
But Lillian Meecham was looking at the houses that bordered River Street.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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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
His men loved him for it, their devotion bordering on religious.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in Sacramento County bordering the American River — has been listed for $7.5 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The spot she had chosen to spread her blanket was under a handsome black walnut that grew at the edge of the woods bordering the acres of cotton.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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