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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Burmese Muslims, known as Rohingya, largely hail from the Rakhine state of Myanmar, which is just across the border to Bangladesh.
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, when gunmen led by Hamas attacked southern Israeli communities near the border, killing some 1,200 people, and taking 251 hostages, including children, into Gaza.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Children in particular, hundreds of thousands of whom have crossed the border in the last decade, are subject to special protections.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Later, when Syria looked ready to fall to Sunni jihadists, Hezbollah answered the call and crossed the border to terrorize the population and keep the Assad regime in power.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, when gunmen led by Hamas attacked southern Israeli communities near the border, killing some 1,200 people, and taking 251 hostages, including children, into Gaza.
—Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Children in particular, hundreds of thousands of whom have crossed the border in the last decade, are subject to special protections.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Later, when Syria looked ready to fall to Sunni jihadists, Hezbollah answered the call and crossed the border to terrorize the population and keep the Assad regime in power.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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