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Ms. Hart’s earlier show, “Shells,” which she wrote with Nick Chase, involved the love life of a character named Michelle Hoffman, a self-absorbed woman whose preoccupation with one particular date she had bordered on obsession.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2011

The brouhaha injected badly needed life in Roddick, who had bordered on lethargy to that point.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2010

Away to the east stretched the swampy brush-grown country that had bordered the line of progress for many miles.

From The Auto Boys' Quest by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)

Not one of the noble old trees, that had bordered the avenue and shaded the lawn, was left standing; many lay prostrate upon the ground, while others had been used for fuel.

From Elsie's Womanhood by Finley, Martha

The beautiful country places which had bordered the road near Philadelphia gave way to pleasant villages, and these in turn were succeeded by thick woods whose pure clean beauty elicited exclamations of delight.

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster