no-man's land

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Vlasic then drove the knife in deeper still 20 minutes from time with a cushioned volley to beat goalkeeper Mathias Lamhauge, who had strayed into no man's land.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

On crude, “we are also still in no man’s land regarding the glut,” Neil Crosby of Sparta Commodities says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

"We are in a no man's land," is how Jackie Morgan, 68, describes it.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

In an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Kamel Fekih said that while there is no “collective” expulsion of migrants, small groups trying to enter Tunisia are pushed back into the desert no man’s land.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

By day, nothing seemed to move out there, but at night no man’s land came alive with patrols that went out at dusk and returned at dawn.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman