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It was Santa Margarita’s junior quarterback who had the decisive play as Palmer found junior wide receiver Grant Van Raaphorst in the back of the end zone for a six-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Unable to see the area through the tall grass, Luce looked at the map on his smartphone to find a suitable landing zone for a medevac helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie said extending the restriction zone was a "sensible step" at the current time that would make trading easier for the livestock industry.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The last evacuation zone in west Altadena to receive an evacuation alert came ultimately at 5:50 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“There are strong winds in the habitable zone which come in eight-hour cycles. Nothing we are unable to time our scouting missions around.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Blanc said construction that borders those flood zones also needs a different approach.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The zones of economic power and influence in prior generations was closely tied to the widespread diffusion of leading technological innovations of the day, including telecommunications and electrification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

My family would be the other journalists embedded with me in military zones.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The layout was simple: The dock was divided into zones, just like a parking lot.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Occasional experiences of “mindless eating” or “dissociative eating” are human; most of us have zoned out with a bag of chips at one point or another.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Becky Davis, who told the council that she and her husband owned a gun store in Goleta long before the city incorporated in 2002, said: “You zoned me out of business, literally.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

To set up manufacturing space on a lot zoned for retail, Leong and his wife opened Ando Café on the premises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

In 2025, Texas passed bills legalizing housing on commercially zoned land and subdivisions of starter homes, which were rendered difficult or illegal to build by municipal zoning laws, large lot requirements, or other design requirements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

I zoned out completely; hid earbuds under my scarf and listened to music while the world droned on.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“It has increased in value because of zoning and because of time.”

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Rather, it has a patchwork of municipal and county zoning ordinances, with some — including in the cities of Burbank and Culver City and Alameda County — requiring buffer zones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Loudoun has long been a hub for data-center development because of its easy zoning, relatively low-cost energy and geographical proximity to telecom network exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

As long as the area has a current Permission to Terrorize zoning permit from the Department of Supernatural Licenses and Records.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston