buffer
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Today, North Korea serves as both buffer and burden for China.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“Currently, you have a buffer getting close to not being a buffer anymore.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Many had a buffer that could see them through weeks of disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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