border
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U.S. officials say Syria could play a larger role in securing its porous border with Lebanon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Each one has a crisp, dramatically puffed border surrounding a baked egg, with salty pancetta, sharp pecorino and enough black pepper to send the whole thing in a cacio e pepe direction.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Trump administration says the strikes have helped reduce the flow of drugs crossing the border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
More border officers have been recruited to help.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Germans had now been pushed back over the entire western border of the USSR.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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The situation highlights a difficult reality for policymakers: Some problems can cross borders regardless of tariffs, political boundaries or enforcement measures.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Science is a global enterprise. Especially in biomedical and public health fields, diseases don’t care about borders or government policies,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Capital, liquidity and products are all bound by national borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Global health, by definition, is transnational, crosses borders, does not concern just one country. Global health problems require global approaches, and no country can go it alone."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Here, on the borders of death, life follows an amazingly simple course, it is limited to what is most necessary, all else lies buried in gloomy sleep;—in that besides our primitiveness and our survival.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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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
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
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
Certainly, no prying eyes could see through to the pool area, which is bordered by a bluestone patio.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Gray described a place of old stone walls where the earth smelled faintly of tar and hemp, bordered by a river.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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“The magnitude of revision in growth cluster earnings expectations is bordering on surreal,” they say.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
In Shenzhen, a tech hub bordering Hong Kong, robotics company Elephant Robotics is busy fulfilling international orders, with roughly 70% of its sales coming from overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Thirteen of the 17 regions of neighbouring Spain were on orange alert on Sunday, while the northern Basque Country bordering France was on red alert.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Since the fire storm, the department has created a new policy to issue evacuation warnings to zones bordering areas ordered to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Brother Luke placed Robin on the stone seat bordering the wall, propping him against the column which rose high to the vaulted roof.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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