war zone

Example Sentences

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Shortages of oil and gas, as well as helium for high tech industries and feedstocks for fertiliser, are having an increasingly heavy impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

More than 20 countries have said they are ready to help “ensure safe passage through the strait,” but many of them will hesitate to enter an active war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

One email seen by AFP came from a seafarer asking to confirm whether his salary would go from $16 a day to $32 because he was in a designated war zone.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

His gambit is that oil importers will pay sky-high rates to an owner willing to get crude out of the war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Peach Street is still my home; I can't keep thinking of it as a war zone, or a protest platform, or a deathbed.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon