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Canada ships two-thirds of its exports across the world’s longest land border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Both Ukrainian and Polish authorities said the Russian drone had struck 2km from the Polish border.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Tech hubs across the border in mainland China, such as Alibaba's hometown of Hangzhou, are expanding far faster, spurred by AI investors such as Deepseek and Unitree Robotics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Newsom began closing prisons with the deactivation of the Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy, followed by the prison in Susanville, and then a prison in Blythe near the Arizona border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Born on March 15, 1767, in a rugged cabin near Waxhaw Creek, a border area between North and South Carolina, he grew up in a rough-and-tumble frontier of hardship and war.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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In practice, Canadian goods, services and workers for those industries could eventually move frictionlessly between Europe and America’s northern neighbor, blurring the lines of where the EU’s economic borders end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Another 2.7 million fled across the borders into neighboring nations.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
The previously permeable borders of the U.S. tightened.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The beauty of Shaun is it transcends borders and cultures because it doesn't rely on the spoken word," said Aardman's Managing Director Sean Clarke.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The ceilings were high, but no cherubs danced around garlands, and no braided molding curled around the 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 place: Opened in November 2025, One&Only’s first U.S. resort occupies 240 acres, bordered by more than 17,000 acres of permanently protected land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
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
An expression flashed across Celaena’s eyes that bordered on fear and confusion.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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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
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
Such problems led to agreements among the perpetually warring European countries bordering the Rhine to cooperate in fixing them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mary Lou pointed to the tall stalks bordering the pond.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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