buffer zone
Example Sentences
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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
A buffer zone in southern Lebanon would do little to eliminate that threat, Heller told AFP, "for which it doesn't seem like the Israelis have an effective countermeasure."
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 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
The city, which sits on the UN-patrolled buffer zone known as the Green Line, is sometimes called the world's last divided capital.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
But the next year, in March 1936, Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland, the buffer zone between Germany and France.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
