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

“We only proceeded with loading after the entire crew voted in favor of it,” he said, “and the shipowner also provided us with a war zone allowance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 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

"It looked like a war zone," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Now I know that for those who were there, especially those with intense exposure to the war zone, the experience never truly stops for them.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge