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[zohn] / zoʊn /


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The bay also became a voluntary no-anchor zone in 2021.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

He took the snap out of shotgun formation and just ran left until he reached the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

But that isn’t to say the postseason is a weirdness-free zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Days of almost continuous heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital, with the city's governor declaring it a disaster-affected zone.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Within the sublunary zone there are four distinct spheres: earth, water, air and fire; outside them are the planets, including the sun and the moon.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

But homes in designated flood zones are required to have flood insurance if they have a federally backed mortgage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

That trip includes a two-hour refueling stop in Auckland, New Zealand, which is two time zones closer than Sydney to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

There are no human casualties yet, thanks to the wide exclusion zones on land and in the air.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some zones were so large that they encompassed several planets, while others covered only a few kilometers on the surface of a single world.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

While she has a reputation for being fiercely zoned into her training rather than chasing the spotlight, she has put work into the promotion.

From BBC ● 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 immediately figured Charlotte would get this medal because she organized the coat drive this year, so I kind of zoned out a bit again.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

There are many good reasons you may not be allowed to have two homes with two separate postal addresses under local zoning rules.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

He says the Cleveland suburb of University Heights used zoning rules to stop him from hosting small prayer groups in his home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

There’s a team of uniformed servers with white shirts and gray aprons, though they don’t take orders directly; table service isn’t allowed under the current zoning restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Dad started driving while I stared out the window, zoning out to his favorite jazz station on the radio.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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