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Used with adjectives:
"
This country has closed borders."
(closed, militarized, open, guarded)
"
The two counties have a disputed border."
(disputed, common)
"
There are beaches along the southern border."
(southern, northern, eastern, western, northeastern, southeastern, northwestern, southwestern)
"
They have guards that protect their international borders."
(international, national, state)
"
This quilt has a wide border."
(wide, narrow, thin, beautiful, decorative)
Used with verbs:
"
We will need our passports when we arrive at the border."
(arrive at, reach, stop at, cross, drive across)
"
The criminal tried to escape across the border."
(escape across, escape over, flee across, flee over)
"
This river forms the eastern border of the state."
(forms, marks)
"
The army is patrolling the border."
(be + patrolling, be + guarding, be + closing, be + sealing, be + securing)
"
We share a border with Mexico."
(share)
"
Some people want to permanently open the borders."
(open, close)
Used with nouns:
"
We arrived at the border crossing."
(crossing, post)
"
Border guards would not let us through."
(guards, patrol, control, troops)
"
The border town gets many visitors."
(town, region)
"
The border dispute between the two countries has been going on for many years."
(dispute, war)
Used with prepositions:
"
They made it across the border illegally."
(across, over)
"
There are guards all along the border."
(along)
"
They stopped us at the border."
(at)
"
We live on the border of the United States and Canada."
(on)
"
The border between the two countries is in dispute."
(between, of)
"
It is located on the border with Canada."
(with)
