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Guest: Arelis Hernández, reporter at the Washington Post covering the U.S. southern border, immigration, Texas and beyond.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Many then pay several thousand dollars to smugglers known as coyotes who take them on a grueling journey across the Brazilian border deep in the Amazon rainforest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Within five years, the trees were bearing fruit, and Russia became the natural destination for much of the harvest, trucked north across the border.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

After Iraq, he kept volunteering in disaster zones and conflict zones—Haiti, Belize, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, the Syrian border, the West Bank.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

At dawn someone called out that we were passing through the border town of Emmerich.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Venetia, which lies near the borders with Botswana and Zimbabwe, has been run by the De Beers group for more than 30 years.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 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

In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a once-thriving business of trading car parts from far-flung places has screeched to a halt due to conflicts at the country's borders.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Jefferson noticed that Washington seemed “unusually reticent” about his choice, probably because Mount Vernon adjoined the site and Washington also owned considerable acreage within its borders.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Another model that Iran and other Persian Gulf nations are examining is in the Strait of Malacca, which like Hormuz is a global energy chokepoint bordered by more than one country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

At the heart of the dwelling is the “beautifully appointed main residence,” which is bordered by a detached guesthouse, a separate artist’s studio, and a garage with its own bedroom.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

They were standing in a country lane bordered by high, tangled hedgerows, beneath a summer sky as bright and blue as a forget-me-not.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Hackett cautioned that increased use of leverage targeting segments of the stock market can be a sign of “optimism that is bordering on a lottery mentality.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

With her bright-eyed inquisitiveness bordering on tactlessness, and Harry Potter T-shirt, Cheryl-Ann comes close to being a caricature of a crass tourist, and is treated as such with cool disdain by Orla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

Hedgerows along country roads and bordering fields provide food, cover, and nesting areas for birds and homes for many small animals.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson