border on
Example Sentences
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"We consider these acts illegal. They border on international piracy," said President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
“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
Somewhere along the way, culture began to border on cult.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 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
Puerta Penasco is about a hundred miles south of the Arizona border on a strip of land that connects the Baja Peninsula to the rest of Mexico.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
