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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While more than 1 million Rohingya have fled across the border to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where they are mostly confined to overcrowded and squalid camps, roughly 630,000 still live in Rakhine, according to Human Rights Watch. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 That leaves the amusement park on the border of the Carolinas in Charlotte and Rock Hill without one of its signature attractions at the height of its busy summer season. Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026 In addition to lying south of Mount Nyiragongo, Goma is also 19 miles (30 km) southeast of another active volcano, Mount Nyamulagira, and just over the border from the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 Also, it should be noted that Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, not Trump’s, pioneered the modern policy of blocking asylum-seekers at the border, addressing a surge in Haitian migrants in 2016. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 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 18 Jul. 2026.

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