the border

noun

: a specific border (as between countries)

They've lived in southern Texas for years, but have never been south of the border.

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Under past administrations, most noncitizens with no criminal record who were arrested away from the border had an opportunity to request a bond hearing while their cases wound through immigration court. —

Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026 There is no guarantee that reopening the border will keep the region safe. —

Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026 Volodymyr Dudnyk was picked up by Ukrainian military draft officers almost immediately after crossing the border into Ukraine following his deportation from the United States. —

Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026 That project, called Project Cardinal, has a development site that is just over 1,000 acres in the northwest corner of Yorkville on the border with Sugar Grove, generally located northwest of Route 47 and Galena Road, south of Baseline Road and east of Ashe Road. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the border