bordering

Example Sentences

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Countries bordering DR Congo are considered high risk for further spread due to population mobility, trade and travel.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It is complicated, bordering on confusing, and that must be one of the reasons it can feel so opaque to people.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The nation of three million people bordering Iran and Turkey passed a law last year formally declaring its intention to apply for EU membership.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

To many of the families of the dead, returning to Mystic is crass bordering on disrespectful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

To meet once a week seemed to him much less regular, entirely too haphazard, bordering on carelessness.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles