war zone

Example Sentences

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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

"It looked like a war zone," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

His gambit is that oil importers will pay sky-high rates to an owner willing to get crude out of the war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The city of 600,000, with its white stucco buildings and palm-lined streets, looked something like a war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Rashid didn’t answer as he sent a silent prayer to Allah to take care of the teacher and young girl who should not have been caught in a war zone.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau