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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Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday on X that its defense forces along the border in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar captured a Pakistani post and killed 14 Pakistani soldiers.
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Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday on X that its defense forces along the border in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar captured a Pakistani post and killed 14 Pakistani soldiers.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
However, California’s 29th Congressional District lost portions of the Kagel and Lopez Canyon area but extended east along the Foothill 210 freeway toward the border with Sunland.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
As the plane flew over a thick cloud drifting leisurely over the border between New York and Massachusetts, Schaefer dropped all six pounds of the dry ice particles into it.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Saturday on X that its defense forces along the border in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar captured a Pakistani post and killed 14 Pakistani soldiers.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
However, California’s 29th Congressional District lost portions of the Kagel and Lopez Canyon area but extended east along the Foothill 210 freeway toward the border with Sunland.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
As the plane flew over a thick cloud drifting leisurely over the border between New York and Massachusetts, Schaefer dropped all six pounds of the dry ice particles into it.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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