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

It is complicated, bordering on confusing, and that must be one of the reasons it can feel so opaque to people.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

It has spread to southeastern Blue Nile state, bordering Ethiopia and South Sudan, raising fears of a prolonged and fragmented conflict.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

None of the rest of them—Rishi or Pappa or Ma—could ever manage casual nonchalance bordering on arrogance.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon