buffer
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He added that the buffer zone needed to remain to "block the danger of invasion".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
With their 2-1 win on Monday night, they moved to 36 points to open a six-point buffer between them and the relegation zone with six matches left.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“That added cash flow is helping support larger purchases, including vehicles, and providing a partial buffer against higher prices at the pump,” Skordeles says.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
They translate directly into the cost of transport, electricity and food for 1.3 million people with no buffer to absorb them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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