war zone

Example Sentences

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The shipping firms are also used to operating in war zones and other hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal

BREAKING: Minneapolis looks like a war zone tonight.

From Salon

“However, they’re coming into our city, and as you can see from the photos, they are treating it like a war zone,” Harmon said.

From Salon

In a series of voice notes from Ukraine, Omar, speaking under a pseudonym for his safety, describes how he ended up trapped and terrified in the war zone.

From BBC

He credited Browne in particular with teaching him many of the survival tricks that would keep him alive in war zones over the next 40 years.

From Los Angeles Times