borders

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Uganda and Rwanda have closed their borders with the DRC and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed this week to keep Ebola out of the United States.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The World Health Organization and Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that conflict, displacement and regular movement across borders could increase the risk that disease will spread.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

We agreed on the importance of cooperation and avoiding isolationism, recognising that public health threats do not respect borders and require coordinated regional and global action.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Even in the opening phase of the war, when the Russians were predicted to win, they couldn’t maintain supply lines 100 miles or so beyond their borders.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The roads were paved with stone-flags, dark and hard; and beside their borders instead of trees there marched long lines of pillars, some of marble, some of copper and of iron, joined by heavy chains.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien