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

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

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

Oxfordshire is an "edge area" for TB, meaning it is a buffer zone between high risk and low risk areas - so most herds are subject to six monthly TB tests by default.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

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