war zone

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Shortages of oil and gas, as well as helium for high tech industries and feedstocks for fertiliser, are having an increasingly heavy impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

One email seen by AFP came from a seafarer asking to confirm whether his salary would go from $16 a day to $32 because he was in a designated war zone.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

But shipowners question how quickly the small agency can spin up insurance products for a war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Tourists who spoke to Reuters described the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, as a "war zone".

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Many were triaged in the war zone and then treated at a military medical facility in Landstuhl, Germany, before being flown to the United States.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama