buffer zone
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"Our seas are not an empty void or a buffer zone between global powers -- they are our estate, our livelihood, and our identity as stewards of the sea."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
That route, called the Traffic Separation Scheme, established one 2-mile-wide lane for entering and one 2-mile-wide lane for leaving the Persian Gulf, plus a 2-mile-wide buffer zone.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 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
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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