bordered
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Many German commanders, Mr. Hargreaves reveals, felt Rommel favored “speed first, not safety,” and Rommel’s impulsiveness “frequently bordered on recklessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
The pre-fight feeling was that this occasion bordered on the absurd as a sanctioned world title contest, but Verhoeven went a long way to proving the boxing fraternity wrong.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
McCardel found that the job required an ability to conceptualize problems in a way that bordered on the philosophical.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026
Russia bordered twelve other countries these days, and some of those countries bordered some of the world’s wealthiest.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
