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

The proposal would require agreement from other countries bordering the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Azerbaijan announced on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from Iran, a day after drones launched from Iranian territory targeted an airport and exploded near a school in the country's Nakhichevan exclave, bordering Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Nakhchivan is an isolated Azerbaijani territory bordering Iran, Turkey and Armenia, making it particularly exposed during times of conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 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