border (on)

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Verb
  • Prior to joining Fox News, Alexandra covered breaking news, crime, religion, and the military in the southeast.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
  • Most days, she was joined by a varied group of supporters—family, friends, parliamentarians, NGO representatives, and advocates from across the globe.
    Margaret Busby June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Right now, fans, commentators, everybody seems to hate three-point shooting.
    Danyel Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • Flight attendants working premium economy cabins seem to be allocated in numbers that allow for attentive service, without the hovering sometimes found in business class.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The facility adjoined a maternity hospital where Catholic women pregnant out of wedlock would deliver babies.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall adjoins Arlington National Cemetery.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • For some Texas residents, getting to a neighboring state requires a full day of travel.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
  • Tens of thousands of Haitians have also been deported home from the neighboring Dominican Republic.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The new building has features and dimensions closely resembling those of the Kangson site, a facility west of the capital long suspected to be a uranium enrichment plant believed to produce uranium-235, the fissile material essential for nuclear weapons.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • There are tribes of fast, feral predators that resemble the second coming of neanderthals.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • In the sixth, Bellinger hit an infield single, but Trent Grisham was called out at second when his leg touched the ball.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • The video touched a nerve with viewers who commented to share their own stories of feeling left behind in love, relationships or other life benchmarks.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Early risers on Sunday, June 22, are in for a pre-dawn treat — a triangular arrangement of the waning crescent moon flanked by Venus and the Pleiades star cluster.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • His tenure began on the fourth line at a time when the Senators had three solid lines that weren’t worth breaking, including one featuring newcomer Dylan Cozens flanked by David Perron and Drake Batherson.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • This week, the weather in New York City—and many surrounding regions—could only be described as one visceral word: sauna.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 June 2025
  • Over the course of the next several days, more demonstrations and riots occurred in the surrounding neighborhood including Christopher Park.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
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“Border (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/border%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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