border dispute

collocation in English

meaningsofborderanddispute

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border
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔː.dər/us
/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/
a line that has been agreed to divide one country ...
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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈspjuːt/us
/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition ofborderanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofborder dispute

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Thus, aborderdisputeis successfully managed if the dispute is resolved, mitigated or at least prevented from escalation.
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As a result, a minorborderdisputewas unexpectedly escalated into a major frontier war.
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Thus, what came later to be known as aborderdisputehad its beginnings in the conflicting interpretation of the two authorities over the governance of adjacent border areas.
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If nothing is done about it, it will grow into a very, very bigborderdispute.
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We discussed a range of issues, including theborderdisputebetween the two countries.
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At the same time, the accession negotiations came to a halt because of the bilateralborderdispute.
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Yet theborderdisputerumbles on.
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I raise this point now because no agreement has been reached on theborderdispute, and the matter remains very much as it was in 1966.
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That particularborderdisputedeveloped into a war which cost the lives of about 180,000 people, probably putting back the development of both countries by about 20 years.
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Negotiations to solve theborderdisputewere held between 1975 and 1977, but they made no progress and were suspended.
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Relations are again tense due to a renewedborderdispute.
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The settlement of theirborderdisputefollowed over 40 years of negotiations.
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In 2005, there were concerns that theborderdisputemight flare up again.
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The geography of the area was a very large factor in determining how theborderdisputebegan.
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The war had begun in 1765 as aborderdispute.
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However, increasing settlement allowed the confusion and problems with theborderdisputeto grow and become more complicated.
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The transfer was made without resolving the earlierborderdispute, which did not seem significant under the circumstances.
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According to the news report, the three countries have aborderdisputein which a pending agreement is on the table.
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The county ceased to exist after theborderdisputebetween the two states was resolved in the 1780s.
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The pact may have curtailed the 130-year-oldborderdisputebetween the two countries.
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Dongan was encouraged to seek a speedy resolution to theborderdisputeafter his arrival in 1683.
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However, the treaty of 1942 failed to settle theborderdisputeand occasional clashes occurred in a then still non-demarcated border area between the nations.
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