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Turkey is also seeking to normalise relations with Armenia, whose border it closed in the 1990s in solidarity with Azerbaijan, while linking progress to Armenian-Azerbaijani peace efforts.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
She was suffering from hypothermia and taken to hospital in nearby Garmisch-Partenkirchen, over the border in Germany, before being discharged.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Going after Colombian groups on the border is part of this year’s new phase of cooperation between the two countries, said John Polga-Hecimovich, who teaches Latin American politics and military matters at the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The district he represented was massive: from below San Francisco to the Nevada border, and 500 miles south to the Mexican border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
At a Moscow party, an American embassy official slipped the passport to Penkovsky—he’d need it if it became necessary to make a sudden run for the border.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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It grew as Europe became more integrated -- although its reach exceeds the continent's borders, with Canada joining next year -- and became as much about the politics as the music.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, the US military says it is setting up a task force to enhance Washington's efforts to restrict Iran's movement of weapons and sanctioned material across its borders.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
When the ceasefire collapsed on July 7, Iran focused its fire west, to bases hundreds of miles farther from its borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Suazo said she really took to heart the event’s theme, focusing on the mention of suffering having no borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
I walked the land from post to post, trying to place myself within its borders.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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
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
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
It bordered the south side of Ravenskill, and was just a few minutes from town.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Both Collins and Jackson hail from the same sparsely populated, heavily forested northern county of Aroostook, bordering Canada.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 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
The spot she had chosen to spread her blanket was under a handsome black walnut that grew at the edge of the woods bordering the acres of cotton.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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