bordering

Example Sentences

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Because golf courses can sit on large areas of open land, often bordering or nearby urban zones, this can mean they are put forward as development options.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

For several analysts, the most credible scenario is some kind of partnership between Oman and Iran, the two countries bordering the vital maritime passage.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Inventory management, cash flow and marketing are essential subjects in any business narrative, but readers looking for that story will be disappointed with observations bordering on the remedial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Mr. da Silva’s establishment sits along Brazil’s Federal Highway 060, which runs more than 900 miles southwest from Brasília, the capital, to Bela Vista, bordering Paraguay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

He suffered, in the words of one of his few biographers, from shyness to a "degree bordering on disease."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson