Sentence examples for close the border for from inspiring English sources
Some said President Trump was going to close the border for weeks.
Political tension and outbreaks of violence often led Israeli authorities to close the border for extended periods, putting many Palestinians out of work.
However, President Trump has vowed to close the border "for a long time" and this is where he might run into more difficulty, as there are likely to be multiple legal challenges on behalf of people and interests that are affected.
If the EU does grant Spain greater power to intervene in Gibraltar, will the Spanish government again close the border for political gain?
Tensions between the two countries rose after the siege, as the authorities in Myanmar closed the border for two months and strengthened their military presence.
When the Aurora docked, its cruise-from-hell image took on different overtones: Spain, citing public health, closed the border, for the first time since the dictator Franco shut it for political reasons in 1969.
And he'd have an even tougher sell closing off the southern border to legal entry, because he tweeted that his motivation to close the border is for political leverage and not an imminent national security threat, Fresco said.
Israel had closed the borders for Passover, but some West Bank Christians were allowed to cross for Easter celebrations.
Well, if we consider the interrelationship between the Turkish and the Syrian populations perhaps for centuries, there can be no argument for closing the borders for Syrians (MFA interview 2, Ankara, February 2014).
