buffer zone

Example Sentences

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The military is trying to carve out a buffer zone inside Lebanon deep enough to put border communities beyond the militants’ reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"Even if Israel sets up a buffer zone, we won't leave. Let them bury us here," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

That would likely resemble a previous 1974 nonaggression pact that established a demilitarized buffer zone between the two countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Mangroves have a range of environmental benefits, including storing carbon and helping to mitigate storms by acting as a buffer zone.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

But the next year, in March 1936, Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland, the buffer zone between Germany and France.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti