buffer zone
Example Sentences
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Senior officers devised a sterile buffer zone between Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square.
From BBC • May 16, 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
Katz had already announced the intention to create a buffer zone in the south of Lebanon earlier in the month.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The military is trying to carve out a buffer zone inside Lebanon deep enough to put border communities beyond the militants’ reach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
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
