Example Sentences

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Bordering Malibu, Pacific Palisades is a haven of hillside streets and winding roads nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and extending down to beaches along the Pacific Ocean.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

Bordering the town is the 55-acre Ballinger Park, which houses a multipurpose sports complex, the Mickey Corso Community Clubhouse, a 42-acre natural park and a boat launch.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

Game show champion Ken Jennings hosted Friday's episode, which saw him read the $800 clue in the category "Bordering Russia."

From Fox News • Mar. 5, 2022

Bordering Iran, Iraq and Syria on its eastern and southern flanks and Greece and Bulgaria to the west, Turkey is a transit route for migrants trying to reach the European Union.

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2021

Bordering this, where the mountains turned to foothills, the map showed rolling country with quite a few roads but hardly any towns, which, we thought, ought to mean farmland.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien