borderline

Example Sentences

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He said the "borderline belligerence" of the council beggared belief and the work should have been done in the evening with traffic lights.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Typical rush hour congestion already creates borderline unsafe conditions for boarding and exiting popular junctions like Penn Station and Secaucus, partially because these rail lines already run over capacity.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

"It's right on the borderline, believe me," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews near Washington when asked where the talks with Iran stood.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

She bristles when she realizes some dentists are using AI images to upsell patients—deploying color-coded overlays to dramatize borderline findings and justify questionable treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

By now we are on 1-4, and traffic is fairly light, which in and of itself is borderline miraculous.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green