no-man's land
Example Sentences
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The capybaras’ stretch of the Pinheiros River is a former no-man’s land; geographically, it’s in the center of the city, and yet isolated, sandwiched between an expressway’s northbound and southbound lanes.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
He spotted space and dropped his kick into the no-man's land Wales offered him, Darcy Graham reading his mind and speeding on to it.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Poland refused to let them cross, leaving hundreds stranded in a freezing no-man's land.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023
The AP is among media outlets who have spoken to migrants abandoned in a no-man’s land in dire conditions.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
What between cocked hats and epaulettes, and other knee-buckle matters, she was a sort of no-man's land before; and now, what with the women and their bandboxes, they'll make another Noah's ark of her.
From The Pilot by Cooper, James Fenimore
