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First, given its remote geography and the threats it faces on its border, South Korea wasn’t in any position to send much to the Middle East.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Homer is 2,800 years old, while the Turkish-Greek border is only a century old," he shrugs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Debris fell in an unpopulated area of the Galati region, near the Ukrainian border, it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

The option of real neutrality dissolved with the failure of the Maginot Line, France’s string of defensive installations along its border with Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Soon Sue and Bruce touched down with Grant Christiansen in Kelso, on the Washington/Oregon border, far south from the reaches of the eruption.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

A ridge of high pressure over the desert Southwest is driving this latest wave of hot weather, with the most extreme temperatures expected along the Nevada, Arizona and southeastern California borders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The setting is the Prespa lakes region, a mountain valley where three countries—Albania, Greece and North Macedonia—share borders, a park and abundant natural resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Nigeria has become a major hub for the illegal trade of vultures, conservationists say, partly because of its biodiversity and porous borders.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

U.S. officials allegedly devised the ruse after they became concerned about an Iranian threat to target Trump as he left Turkey, which borders Iran.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

There in the Hornburg at Helm’s Gate Erkenbrand, master of Westfold on the borders of the Mark, now dwelt.

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

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

The action bordered on farce - even Joe Root attempted a reverse-scoop - yet there was little Duckett could do about a spitter from Sears he fended to first slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

At the heart of the dwelling is the “beautifully appointed main residence,” which is bordered by a detached guesthouse, a separate artist’s studio, and a garage with its own bedroom.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 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

The locations were changed but the settings were alike—a strip of wasteland bordered by rows of rotted shacks, and somewhere near a mill, a cotton gin, or a bottling plant.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A representative passage: “ ‘He certainly at Princeton, I would say, was just a nice guy, and bordering on humble,’ said one friend who went on to a legal career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“The magnitude of revision in growth cluster earnings expectations is bordering on surreal,” they say.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Thirteen of the 17 regions of neighbouring Spain were on orange alert on Sunday, while the northern Basque Country bordering France was on red alert.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

The mass raid also killed one person on a ferry and hit an oil terminal in Russia's southern Krasnodar region bordering Crimea, the authorities there said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

He suffered, in the words of one of his few biographers, from shyness to a "degree bordering on disease."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson