Sentence examples for frontier for the first from inspiring English sources

On Sunday, a mortar shell crashed in from Syria, prompting Israel to respond with what its military described as "a warning shot" at a Syrian position across the frontier for the first time in 39 years.

The strategists in Beijing have propped up the regime both because they fear instability on their border and even more because they worry about a unified Korea, perhaps with American troops hard up against the Chinese frontier for the first time in over 60 years.

SDEROT, Israel Israelel confronted fire along two of its borders on Sunday, with rockets landing from Gaza and a mortar shell crashing in from Syria, prompting Israel to respond with what its military described as "warning shots" at a Syrian position across the frontier for the first time in 39 years.

NATO decided this week to send U.S., German and Dutch batteries of air-defence missiles to the Turkish border, meaning hundreds of American and European troops will deploy to Syria's frontier for the first time since the war began.

For this day only, Moscow suspended the usual rigorous visa requirements, and Soviet officials who gave passports a perfunctory once-over were almost genial as the trains rolled across the frontier for the first time in 46 years.

On Monday, Syrian Army gunners exchanged artillery blasts with their Turkish counterparts across the frontier for the sixth consecutive day.

Imagine, if you will, Lewis and Clark exploring the great American Frontier for the very first time, communicating with others only in person or through hand-written letters that took many a fortnight to get anywhere at all.

TOKYO — A South Korean train rolled across the heavily militarized frontier into North Korea for the first time in a decade on Friday, as Seoul pushed ahead with a plan to reunite the two railway networks despite heavy U.N. sanctions.

What's to love: Head to the undiscovered frontier of Northern Kenya for the first rhino tracking experience in East Africa.

In 1830, the upper-crust Berrybender family leaves England behind and heads for the American frontier; the first volume of a planned tetralogy.

Wild Frontiers is introducing Gujarat for the first time in 2010, with a tour including the state capital, Ahmedabad, and the historic towns of Poshina and Bhuj.