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For decades, it was accepted practice that each umpire had his own view of the strike zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The United Nations organization will provide around 500,000 tons of food to remote areas and the makeshift shelters that have sprung up across the quake zone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Planetary scientists call this the "Goldilocks zone", after the fairy tale girl who was fussy about the temperature of her porridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the federal agency return to the cleanup zone to monitor air and water quality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Our kitchen would end up looking like a war zone, and Dad would walk in and act all mad like, I won’t be cleaning up this time!

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

But this summer's event was unique for two reasons: multiple time zones and indoor stadiums.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Priests used this odd object, divided into zones inscribed with the name of a god, as a teaching tool: In a sacrificed animal, departures from the liver’s usual features were viewed as messages from deities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The researchers propose that the zones where carbon burial occurs have gradually narrowed over geological time as low-oxygen waters moved deeper.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday that his country was "ready to move forward implementing these two pilot zones".

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Second, among Mediterranean zones, western Eurasia’s experiences the greatest climatic variation from season to season and year to year.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The lawsuit alleges that the leased land is zoned exclusively for agricultural use and that the federal government violated laws requiring state and county notification, as well as procedural steps required before beginning construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

The terms were restrictive enough to effectively ban such a project not only from land owned by Heath and his sister, but from all but the small portion of the township that’s zoned for industry.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

A nuance in local laws helped developers construct data centers in areas zoned as office parks without input from the elected board of supervisors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Although I zoned out for most of Dad’s hour-long lecture, I do remember that Giants’ hair is one of the few things that hellhounds can’t chew through.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Its impact is likely to take time, since many zoning and construction rules are controlled by state and local governments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Mitchell was also named the president of the group, which was promising to “focus on policy areas like taxation, economic development incentives, deregulation and zoning at the state and local level.”

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

It also designates all existing and active idle wells as “nonconforming uses,” meaning they may only operate during the phaseout period and are no longer compliant with current zoning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The overall thrust of the package, the Evercore analysts said, is to reduce regulatory barriers that constrain housing construction by streamlining environmental reviews and encouraging localities to adopt zoning and building-code best practices.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

“The Plain Dealer is the real paper. The Sun Press is just local stuff: city council meetings and zoning boards and who won the science fair.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng