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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Cacti and wildflowers bloom across the state and federal land around Big Bend, which coupled with even larger nature preserves across the border are part of the Chihuahuan desert, the largest such ecosystem in North America. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Moves are afoot to try to bring the club back to the borough of Barnet and a site not far from their former home, Underhill, but, for now, fans must trek across the border into neighbouring Harrow. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 The Bug Fire originated on the California side of the border in Lassen County and has since been determined by the Bureau of Land Management to also be human-caused. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 That method, called Sterile Insect Technique, was originally successful in eradicating flies from the United States and Central America and pushing the screwworm population back beyond the Darién Gap at the border of Panama and Colombia. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the border

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