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Last year, Paxton reported the Oklahoma lodge, just north of the Texas border, as worth between $100,001 and $250,000.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
She built a house in the nearby dusty, bustling town of Musina near the Zimbabwean border, confident that diamonds would provide a brighter future for her two children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
In August, a new peak of around 16,000 Ukrainian drones crossed the border into airspace that Russia has kept open to civilian aircraft, according to data tracked by aviation security specialist Osprey Flight Solutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nepal is reeling from a deadly Himalayan glacial mountain collapse on the border with China that has killed more than 1,300 people and left upwards of 5,600 missing in both countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Backed by Joseph Stalin and the communist government of China, the forces of communist North Korea poured across the border into South Korea.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The two share a similar cultural background, one forged by migration, changing borders and centuries of history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We have spent hundreds of millions, if not billions, paying the French to man the borders," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ceuta and Spain's other north African enclave, Melilla, have the European Union's only land borders with Africa, and their status has historically poisoned relations between Madrid and Rabat.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Google, followed by Apple, renamed the Great Lake, which borders New York state and Canada’s Ontario province, for U.S. users.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The roads were paved with stone-flags, dark and hard; and beside their borders instead of trees there marched long lines of pillars, some of marble, some of copper and of iron, joined by heavy chains.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the dark bordered beauty.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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 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 three Witchlings looked around for a way to bypass the Shroudeds and still follow the prints, but they were bordered by Oso Mountain on one side and a marsh on the other.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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India is stepping up monitoring of its Himalayan regions bordering China and Nepal, days after the deadly flood apparently triggered by a glacial collapse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
But what has really put Sequoia on the marmot-shenanigans map is their all-out assault on the parking lots bordering trailheads in the Mineral King Valley—one of the wildest parts of the park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
There was a ragged strip of grass bordering the street, and as Jake walked along the ground seemed to rise nearer to his face.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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