bordering

Example Sentences

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Nearly a dozen fires have, together, consumed more than 26,000 acres of varied terrain in the region over the last week, in remote island chaparral as well as brushy foothills bordering neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Since the fire storm, the department has created a new policy to issue evacuation warnings to zones bordering areas ordered to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Health officials had confirmed the latest outbreak Friday in Ituri province in northeastern DRC, bordering Uganda and South Sudan, according to CDC Africa.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

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

Nabila stepped outside and joined me in the garden bordering our verandah.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed