no-man's land
Example Sentences
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That's the no-man's land they're living in now, frantically looking at the respective fates of Senegal and Ecuador, Curacao and Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and others.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The capybaras’ stretch of the Pinheiros River is a former no-man’s land; geographically, it’s in the center of the city, and yet isolated, sandwiched between an expressway’s northbound and southbound lanes.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Poland refused to let them cross, leaving hundreds stranded in a freezing no-man's land.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2023
The AP is among media outlets who have spoken to migrants abandoned in a no-man’s land in dire conditions.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
By this time I had made the bed, and tumbled all reminders of the two "sympathetic messieurs" ruthlessly into no-man's land outside the door.
From The Motor Maid by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
