Synonyms for border on
bor·der on

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1. border on, approachverb

   come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

   "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

   Synonyms:
   approach, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw close

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1. border on

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at the side or end of, be contiguous to, border upon

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1. Anthony Wilson:

   We were able to determine an approximate area where she might be found, virginia State Police were dispatched to the general area Saturday afternoon and she was located just inside the North Carolina border on Route 89 in Surry County.

2. Gene Hamilton:

   President Biden's absence from the border on this trip shows us he is committed to failure, to open borders and to a post-Westphalian order that leads to a weakened United States, every nation has the right to protect its borders, and the United States is no different, yet President Biden has presided over a catastrophic collapse of border security unparalleled in modern times.

3. Taner Yildiz:

   An explosion occurred as a result of a sabotage about 15 kilometres inside the Turkish border on the Turkey-Iran gas pipeline.

4. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

   If that does not work, and I am very pessimistic, and all of us in Europe will insist on proper protection of external borders, there will be nothing left but protecting the border on the line of Greece-Macedonia and Greece-Bulgaria.

5. Gil Kerlikowske:

   That relationship with Mexico and the three Central American countries is going to be so important as to what happens on our southern border on Mexico, i think you'll see them very much aligned on this.