border on
Example Sentences
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A 50-year-old teacher from Tehran crossed the border on Tuesday morning with her 8-year-old daughter, who she planned to leave with a relative living in Turkey before returning to look after her elderly mother.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Afghanistan's Taliban government said it had launched an offensive on Pakistani military bases near the border on Thursday night.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Colombia proposed a bilateral meeting at the border on January 25, according to an official letter published by local media.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
He put his hand on the fence and watched the people filing through the border on foot a few yards away.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
