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Turkey is also seeking to normalise relations with Armenia, whose border it closed in the 1990s in solidarity with Azerbaijan, while linking progress to Armenian-Azerbaijani peace efforts.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
In Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans’ long-standing grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Democrats claimed all three House races in the overwhelmingly Hispanic congressional districts along the Texas-Mexico border.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Gerson Arias, an analyst with the policy group Ideas for Peace Foundation in Bogotá, Colombia, said the military pressure on both sides of the border is causing communications problems for the ELN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Just to cross the border was to feel the great weight that hung over that land.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Meanwhile, the US military says it is setting up a task force to enhance Washington's efforts to restrict Iran's movement of weapons and sanctioned material across its borders.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The months-long blazes have engulfed huge tracts of land and produced air pollution that has harmed human health, drifted across borders and frayed Indonesia's ties with its neighbours.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
With the Iran war threatening key energy infrastructure and shipping lanes, producers are increasingly looking beyond their borders to keep crude flowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Suazo said she really took to heart the event’s theme, focusing on the mention of suffering having no borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
“See how one side’s flat? That’s where it borders with the DR.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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The evacuation zones include a swath of hillside neighborhoods bordered by the 5 Freeway, Ortega Highway and Avenida La Pata.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The proposal would create new traffic patterns for ships transiting the strait, which is bordered by Iran on the northern shore and Oman on the southern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The KBV, a national association representing statutory health insurance physicians, said that it "bordered on madness" to force thousands of people to visit doctors' surgeries simply to fill in forms.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The East German government referred to the structure as the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart"; it was bordered by minefields and a no-man's-land known as the "death strip."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Earthquakes are rare in Panama and usually occur in the western Chiriqui province, bordering Costa Rica.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, Chinese cars are already becoming a frequent sight on some U.S. roads, especially in states bordering Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
MCALLEN, Texas — Vanessa Ovalle has a “frontline view” of Texas schools as a single mom and a speech pathologist at a local school in McAllen, a city in the Rio Grande Valley bordering Mexico.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He edges closer, bordering on friendly for the first time.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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