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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The tragedy is the deadliest among those that have claimed thousands of lives in recent decades as people attempt to cross the border from Mexico. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 Kim Yo Jong, widely viewed as the second most powerful official in Pyongyang, made the statement after visiting frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the border. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Aleksander Antonov, who came to the US as a Soviet refugee and has since become a naturalized US citizen, was arrested in 2025 when attempting to cross the border from Russia into Estonia. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Kim Yo Jong, widely viewed as the second most powerful official in Pyongyang, made the statement after visiting front-line areas where soldiers are reinforcing the border. — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the border

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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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