border on
Example Sentences
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In Nepal, the wave of freezing water and debris unleashed by a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border on August 26 killed at least 939 people and left nearly 4,500 missing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company has followed previous Musk ventures in sharing ambitions that border on the surreal, including spacebound data centers and Mars-based manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"We consider these acts illegal. They border on international piracy," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Somewhere along the way, culture began to border on cult.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Central Americans are sent back to the Guatemalan border on el bus de lagrimas, the bus of tears.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
