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zone

noun as in district

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Mangroves have a range of environmental benefits, including storing carbon and helping to mitigate storms by acting as a buffer zone.

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Aston Villa waited five games for their first win of the season, before a run of four successive victories took them from the relegation zone up to the top half of the table.

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With the Bruins getting outhustled and struggling to attack Eastern Washington’s zone defense, scoring became an unexpected slog.

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Instead, Khartoum became a war zone as the rival forces fought street by street.

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Nottingham Forest, on six points, and West Ham, on seven points, are also in the relegation zone, but plenty of teams have stayed up from there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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