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 base hosts about 30,000 service members, their family members and civilian employees, and is approximately 700 miles from the border with Russia.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Importantly, federal troops have been deployed at the border during previous Administrations, specifically to aid Border Patrol.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
In the entire month of June, Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector encountered 895 aliens attempting to cross the border illegally.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
They were eventually declared eliminated from Panama in 2006, with the population held at bay by a biological barrier at the Darién Gap, at the border of Panama and Colombia.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Importantly, federal troops have been deployed at the border during previous Administrations, specifically to aid Border Patrol.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
In the entire month of June, Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector encountered 895 aliens attempting to cross the border illegally.
—Mike Garcia, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
They were eventually declared eliminated from Panama in 2006, with the population held at bay by a biological barrier at the Darién Gap, at the border of Panama and Colombia.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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