borders on
Example Sentences
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However, as Gabriel has an EU passport, it is possible he will be allowed to join a club within European Union borders on his 16th birthday.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
When it proposed the rule, DHS cited national security grounds, an argument the judge said "borders on the absurd" and was "based almost entirely on a small handful of anecdotes."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
So many, and so blatantly, that it initially borders on absurd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mr. Phillips’s prose borders on the excessively academic, but he writes lucidly about his areas of expertise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
And Adah, crocheting black borders on napkins and tossing them to the wind.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
