border on
Example Sentences
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Less than a mile from the Indiana border on the Ohio River, Louisville sits at the crossroads of North, South and Midwest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Somewhere along the way, culture began to border on cult.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Product designers are coming up with novel ways to rouse deep sleepers that border on diabolical, including clocks that deliver 300-volt electric shocks and donate snoozers’ money to charity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
If the Dodgers’ spending habits border on satire to you, well, the Onion got there first.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
The first streaks of evening lay against the sky like a purple border on a blue sari.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
