doorstep

Example Sentences

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The deal could also see more Chinese investments in Canada, right on America's doorstep.

From BBC

It’s not by chance that this trouble has landed on your doorstep.

From Los Angeles Times

Back in Houston, immigration officers dropped 16-year-old Arnoldo off at the doorstep of his family home a few hours after the arrest.

From Salon

But crucially for Beijing, if President Xi manages to make a deal with Carney, it would give China more influence in a country that is on America's doorstep.

From BBC

I stood as still as a vase of peonies, fearing that the two of them were about to exchange words that would send me right back to the doorstep of the Home for the Friendless.

From Literature