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They move freely, obscuring borderlines between categories that once loomed like separate land masses: jazz and chamber music; acoustic and electric ensembles; songs and improvised forms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Global warming also has had its way with borderlines.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2020

The borderlines, announced on 17 August – two days after independence – cut right through these two provinces and caused unforeseen turmoil.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2017

Fitzgerald's Jazz Age was a time when the borderlines between the fortunes of the elite and the spoils of organised crime were blurred and shifting.

From BBC • May 31, 2013

When there was no compromise involving other factors, borderlines were chosen to make the best possible separation of national groups, connecting the best marked physical features available.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane