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Once a zone of promise and connection, the web has not only rotted and enshittified, it’s turned into a literal warzone.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

So far this month, Ohtani has been unable to catch up to fastballs in the middle of the strike zone, pitches he’d typically send into the stratosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

An intensifying El Nino broke a temperature record in a key zone of the Pacific in September, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, in another sign the weather pattern is gaining exceptional strength.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Level on points with Manchester United after six games and out of the drop zone following successive wins, Frank Lampard's men have announced themselves in the top flight again.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Like Truman, Churchill feared that the Soviets were establishing a zone of total control over Central Europe.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

“If you are in one of these zones, leave immediately,” the Orange County Fire Authority wrote on X.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rather than having a largely consistent chemical composition, white matter contains numerous distinct lipid zones.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

In response, he underlines his past human rights work in conflict zones such as Rwanda.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

They added that offenders released early on licence faced the "toughest-ever controls", including exclusion zones and the expansion of electronic tagging.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

As one moves along a north-south axis, one traverses zones differing greatly in climate, habitat, rainfall, day length, and diseases of crops and livestock.

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

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

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

“While the project followed standard approval processes for an industrially zoned parcel, we recognize the community wanted more engagement sooner, and we take that seriously,” Wehner said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Bryce and Aurora are zoned out in front of the TV.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

Dunmoyer, of the California Building Industry Ass., stressed that the measure doesn’t overthrow local zoning rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

In a city that was built on oil and remains home to over 2,000 active wells, zoning officials are considering a first: shutting down an oil production site.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In the interim, Hazle Township has enacted a temporary moratorium on data-center construction, while it works to update its zoning laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

In a surprise move, the commission voted unanimously not to recommend the zoning change.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson