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.

Examples of the border in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But when the bus pulled up to a migrant shelter in the border city of Laredo, dropping off a half-dozen families lugging bags stuffed with belongings, the stress of recent weeks tracked mother and daughter like the long shadows on that mid-February afternoon. —Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026

Landowners and tourists, nature lovers and hunters, Democrats and Republicans are speaking out against plans to extend the border wall through Big Bend. —Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026

But when the bus pulled up to a migrant shelter in the border city of Laredo, dropping off a half-dozen families lugging bags stuffed with belongings, the stress of recent weeks tracked mother and daughter like the long shadows on that mid-February afternoon. —ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026

The murkiness of Acquisition Logistics’ involvement in El Paso is hardly an exception among many of the companies profiting from the border-security gold rush. —Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026