border

Example Sentences

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What was once the center of the group’s territory became a border, which chimps patrolled, the researchers found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover heard the call of the terminator: the border between the moon’s daytime and nighttime — the lunar dawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Many analysts expressed a view that it was a matter of when, not if, widespread fighting broke out again in Tigray or across the border into Eritrea.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

At a time when border states are firing at one another, North Korea’s abrupt friendliness—as fleeting as it may be—has lowered the temperature between two countries still technically at war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Just to cross the border was to feel the great weight that hung over that land.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom