How to Use the border in a Sentence

the border

noun
  • His rise is a lot of the reason the border shut down.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The two of them clench in the car, waiting to be let through the border.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Hunt for chinch bugs on the border of a yellowing area of the lawn.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Many of them encouraged her to cross the border to give birth.
    — Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • The two sides have also skirmished along the border in the past.
    — NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • For years Democrats told us that there was no crisis at the border.
    — Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
  • And by the way, the border is totally sealed now.
    — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Where does the border between art and nature lie?
    — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Once-common jaunts across the border to shop are out of the picture.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The heat can pose a problem even for students who cross the border in their cars.
    — Aina Marzia, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Pretty sure the border is whipped topping as well.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lot of bi-national artists from the border.
    — David J. Bohnet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Exchange of live fire across the border also surged overnight.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 8 May 2025
  • Then the group would load the vehicles with drugs and drive them across the border.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the people are people that crossed the border, work hard, or maybe grew up here.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Since the border is not straight but snakes along old county lines, some of the journey was bizarre.
    — Colm Tóibín, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • People who are on the border of being able to afford to buy will now be able to.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • However, the border is porous and not all of the trade can be stopped.
    — Esha Mitra, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Developing a fan base south of the border has long been part of the plan.
    — Jared Bahir Browsh, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the most effective scenes in the film have nothing to do with the border.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Her teachers do not know many details about her journey to the border.
    — Photographs Kirsten Luce, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Wells has made tightening the border a key part of his campaign.
    — Andrew Keatts, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • From there, people then journey by bus to open areas of the border.
    — Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The closer her bus crept to the border, the more nervous Sofi grew.
    — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • On your iPhone, tap sections of the page to make the border appear.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Bunia, Ituri’s main city, is near the border with Uganda.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • Many families have been forced to flee the city and head for the border town of Rafah.
    — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • As the boat drifts along the border, watch for eagles overhead and elk along the shoreline.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • There, just a stone’s throw from the border, is Estación Camarón.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Over the past five years, more than 2,200 miles of roads have been built along the border.
    — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024

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