borderland

Example Sentences

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The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Then the slippery borderland between fact and fiction, and the perils of ignoring just how slippery it is.

From Salon • May 7, 2025

Leaving his native country meant embarking on a life of exile, not to mention a risky escape on foot across the mountainous borderland.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

Understanding its past as a perennial borderland is essential to knowing how it became the crucible of one of the most bitter disputes in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Cain must have learned about the Wyrdmarks in the White Fang Mountains—that cursed borderland between Adarlan and the Western Wastes.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas