bordering

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Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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

She often visits Gibraltar Point, a nature reserve bordering the Wash, and said she had seen a "marked increase" in the number of her peers showing an interest in nature.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

For several analysts, the most credible scenario is some kind of partnership between Oman and Iran, the two countries bordering the vital maritime passage.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

A skinny kid with braces, a member of the debate club as well as drama, he has a passion, bordering on obsession, for recycling.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove