buffer zone
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It also sent troops into a UN-patrolled buffer zone that had separated Israeli and Syrian forces on the mainly Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 1974.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 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
He added that the buffer zone needed to remain to "block the danger of invasion".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The Turkish authorities have so far avoided the term "buffer zone" but options under review include deploying more troops and expanding technological surveillance systems, the official added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
San Jose Mogote seems to have transplanted itself to Monte Alban, in the middle of the buffer zone.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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