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It recommended a "buffer" to protect rivers and "humane relocation" of communities where necessary.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Wide sandy beaches serve as a necessary buffer to protect the rail line.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Under Mao, scores of Han Chinese were dispatched to the region, reinforcing Beijing’s authority while also building a buffer with Soviet states in Central Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dad and I move toward and away from the shelves, like hopping bugs, trying to make a buffer of space between us and other shoppers.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

“Some of the buffers that helped contain crude oil prices are ebbing,” McNally told MarketWatch by email Monday from Riyadh, where he was attending the 17th International Energy Forum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

He said he would seek to leverage tax dollars to help communities better prepare for wildfires, creating buffers and hardening structures because of wildfires that will inevitably occur in certain communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

It “strengthens the banks’ capital buffers while giving the authorities more time to deal with losses and declining returns without forcing an immediate recognition and liquidation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It's possible that a global AI race travelling at Silicon Valley's top speeds could be about to hit the buffers of very localised political and environmental concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The grimace, the attitude, the pomp of rhetoric are so many buffers between the soul of man and the sharp reality of published confessions.

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Charles Baudelaire

Drawdowns in inventories from China to Europe to the U.S., which buffered the market in the conflict’s first seven months, have left little room for error.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"The people who are responsible for doing this in the first place seem to have got away from it, they seem to be protected and buffered and inured," Sheen said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Two other popular First Trust buffered products have lagged behind their benchmarks too.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

A buffered ETF’s manager can limit the downside risk through derivative trades, using option-premium income to enable the protection.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

Inside it, she was an observer, buffered from the scrutinizing eyes of strangers.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

While the airport or the contractor could technically terminate the contract at that time, Lehman noted that there’s a 120-day buffering period to allow for additional time to settle issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

It would have the right to sell that compute power at a specific price by a stated date, buffering itself from a steeper hit to profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

These links, used by Kiran and his friends, have practical downsides – such as frequent buffering or poor quality, or platforms that disappear without warning.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

By buffering those short-term fluctuations, the kidney might help maintain a more consistent individual chemical profile in urine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The houses on this road were crowded together and shared common walls, with small, walled yards in front buffering them from the street.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini