borders
Example Sentences
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"Tuvalu is disappearing. What good does it do if we take this decision? What good is defending your borders if there is no livable world left?"
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sealed borders with fences, walls and land mines to prevent citizens from escaping to South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Jassy Drakulic, RHS senior plant pathologist, said gardeners could notice a "remarkable variety of mushrooms and toadstools" appearing in lawns, borders and around trees this autumn.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Boulder County’s lawsuit is not some novel attempt by a municipality to regulate greenhouse emissions around the world, and it does not purport to control any activity outside of its borders.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Most of the fence past the gates borders the edges of tents, so there isn’t really anywhere to enter.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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