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 120-mile river that runs near the border in northern Mexico and Southern California was the site of a pilot study in 2025.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution would be ratified that December, ending slavery everywhere (including in the border states that didn’t secede from the Union).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Earlier in the conflict, Russia concentrated its air defense systems at the border with Ukraine and at the frontline, Ukrainian military sources previously told CNN.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Currently, over 90 percent of cases are concentrated in the eastern province of Ituri within Congo, but the disease has spread across the border into Uganda and likely also South Sudan.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution would be ratified that December, ending slavery everywhere (including in the border states that didn’t secede from the Union).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Earlier in the conflict, Russia concentrated its air defense systems at the border with Ukraine and at the frontline, Ukrainian military sources previously told CNN.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Currently, over 90 percent of cases are concentrated in the eastern province of Ituri within Congo, but the disease has spread across the border into Uganda and likely also South Sudan.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
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