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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Estimates placed the number of fighters at roughly 800, with militants reportedly crossing the border under the pretense of religious pilgrimages before gathering at a base in Ahvaz and being dispatched to various regions.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The situation had only worsened on a more recent visit last month when a South Asian version of the 38th Parallel that separates the two Koreas had been imposed on the border separating the two countries.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Saturday will mark the first of three meetings between the Kings and Oilers this season, and the only one to take place north of the border.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Multiple King of Fire, which got its start as a food truck and expanded to a permanent space in uptown Charlotte, plans to open a 3,484-square-foot space at CrossRidge Center across the border in Indian Land, South Carolina.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The situation had only worsened on a more recent visit last month when a South Asian version of the 38th Parallel that separates the two Koreas had been imposed on the border separating the two countries.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Saturday will mark the first of three meetings between the Kings and Oilers this season, and the only one to take place north of the border.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Multiple King of Fire, which got its start as a food truck and expanded to a permanent space in uptown Charlotte, plans to open a 3,484-square-foot space at CrossRidge Center across the border in Indian Land, South Carolina.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
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“The border.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20border. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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