war zone

Example Sentences

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He was in Russia for just 45 days before being sent to the war zone.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

One email seen by AFP came from a seafarer asking to confirm whether his salary would go from $16 a day to $32 because he was in a designated war zone.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

All of the farmers I spoke to acknowledged their problems were tiny next to the suffering of people in the war zone itself.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But shipowners question how quickly the small agency can spin up insurance products for a war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

She did her best to give them a little respite from the war zone: she wore her love beads, put ribbons in her hair, and dabbed perfume behind her ears every morning.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge