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Example Sentences
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“For us to conclude that a law of 160 years’ vintage, with this kind of empirical pedigree, has all along been both unnecessary and improper, would border on rationalist conceit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Product designers are hatching new ways to rouse them that border on diabolical.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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
If the Dodgers’ spending habits border on satire to you, well, the Onion got there first.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
It bounced into the border on the edge of the stones.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
