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border

[bawr-der] / ˈbɔr dər /




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She says she would expand intelligence-sharing with Washington, work with U.S. agencies and the Coast Guard against drug trafficking and coordinate with Colombia to dismantle criminal groups on the border.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

The prime minister is at odds with Italy, with the two countries earlier this week extending temporary border controls imposed on each other.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Most of the 72,000 migrants who breached the border from Morocco in July have returned, but it is believed that more than 13,000 remain in the enclave.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Although a border crossing in Arizona has reopened, it remains closed to Texas.

From Barron's

But today she’d decided to drive us to the border herself because there was only room in the pickup for six people.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

While Saudi Arabia and others move goods overland, hundreds of truckers are trapped at Iran’s land borders, threatening its economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The same thing is happening at Iran’s land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, dealing Tehran a self-inflicted blow and throttling trade through its few remaining economic release valves.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Saudi Arabia had issued brief alerts on Tuesday over possible attacks in Mecca and across swathes of the kingdom's south, which borders Yemen.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Yu added that Beijing hopes, through the "geographical integration" of the two cities, "to gradually dissolve the borders".

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Many settlers on the borders of Indigenous territories believed that the newly created, professional US military might not support their interests.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Our campsite bordered the Fefine, a large river that flows even in the dry season.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the dark bordered beauty.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The proposal would create new traffic patterns for ships transiting the strait, which is bordered by Iran on the northern shore and Oman on the southern.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Models walked down a wide runway set up in Manhattan, bordered by 7th Avenue and Broadway, while its famous billboards broadcast the images.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

Each segment was bordered by a solid line.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour's East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

It’s going to raise costs particularly in states that are either bordering or in close proximity to Canada and rely on trade with it.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born Jan. 19, 1946, in a two-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tenn., a town bordering Gatlinburg, Tenn., and the Great Smoky Mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in Sacramento County bordering the American River — has been listed for $7.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

He turned onto a walkway bordering one of the smaller canals.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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