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The Doubs river rises in the French Jura mountains and normally forms a lake at Les Brenets, where it begins to mark the border between France's Franche-Comte region and Switzerland's Neuchatel canton.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Because we are the external border of Europe, we must have a strong economy, a strong Latgale, a strong border region," prime minister Kulbergs said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
This year alone, they have travelled north of the border every two months.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
A big wild card for the project remains al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate that has expanded its war against the Somali government into border areas of Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
So I went home, and with Lmatarion and a friend and some soldiers I knew, I went up to an area near the Ethiopian border where there are a lot of cows.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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Meanwhile the court has long been wary of letting one state extend its nuisance laws beyond its own borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Culver City secured an agreement with the operator of the Inglewood Oil Field to shut down the part that lies within its borders by 2029.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Spanish economist and author Daniel Lacalle, in a recent conversation with MarketWatch, says France – along with the U.K. and Japan – are the countries whose financial troubles could spill across the borders.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Blanc said construction that borders those flood zones also needs a different approach.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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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Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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
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
District 5 is roughly bordered by the 405 Freeway on the west, Venice Boulevard on the south, Mulholland Drive on the north and stretching as far east as Western Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The boundary between our land and Doña Ana’s was bordered by eggplant bushes, and between us and Doña Lola by annatto, oregano, and yucca.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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At the movies, the PTSD-suffering veteran is a familiar figure, bordering on cliché.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
Boundaries are extremely tricky to maintain with people who are insistent and/or bordering on pushy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Back on the ground, we stroll along the quays bordering the Seine, where so many writers walked for centuries before penning their masterpieces.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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