buffer zone

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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

The pact, brokered by the U.S. and France, required the creation of a buffer zone south of Lebanon’s Litani River and Hezbollah’s disarmament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Irom Abung, who once ran a water supply business in Churachandpur, now lives in a relief camp near a buffer zone.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

A few police stand in the buffer zone but not enough of them, it seems, if any real trouble flares up.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee