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

More than half of the calls have been about pay and other contractual entitlements while in the war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 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

Japan has so far demurred, citing legal obstacles to venturing into a war zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Also, our lunch table is a war zone—but it’s the silent kind of war zone.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli