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zone

[zohn] / zoʊn /


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He sits in the end zone and has a camera that goes up so high on a tripod that it could be waving a flag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

In points terms they are closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League spots.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

I was idling through a no-wake zone near Holden Beach, N.C., on my way to the fueling dock when some joker in a sportfishing boat yelled out, “Hey, man, what’d ya pay for that thing?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The NHC warned residents in the likely impact zone that emergency preparations to protect lives and property from high winds and storm surges "should be rushed to completion."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The British declared the entire North Sea a war zone, in which even neutral ships would be stopped and searched; all goods destined for German ports would be seized and confiscated.

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

In response, he underlines his past human rights work in conflict zones such as Rwanda.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

They added that offenders released early on licence faced the "toughest-ever controls", including exclusion zones and the expansion of electronic tagging.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Officials say Israel decided it needed wider buffer zones and a stepped-up military presence to protect civilian communities and soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

She goes quiet and almost zones out, then tries to recover with a smile.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Occasional experiences of “mindless eating” or “dissociative eating” are human; most of us have zoned out with a bag of chips at one point or another.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Becky Davis, who told the council that she and her husband owned a gun store in Goleta long before the city incorporated in 2002, said: “You zoned me out of business, literally.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

To set up manufacturing space on a lot zoned for retail, Leong and his wife opened Ando Café on the premises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

In 2025, Texas passed bills legalizing housing on commercially zoned land and subdivisions of starter homes, which were rendered difficult or illegal to build by municipal zoning laws, large lot requirements, or other design requirements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Massey was a medium- size, twenty-something black man who was zoned out, like a zombie.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Local zoning, power and labor constraints cap new U.S. tower construction at just 1,200 to 2,000 structures per year, meaning that SpaceX would have to lease existing space from major tower operators.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

There are many good reasons you may not be allowed to have two homes with two separate postal addresses under local zoning rules.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

He says the Cleveland suburb of University Heights used zoning rules to stop him from hosting small prayer groups in his home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“So I heard your dad is building a runway on your property. That’s against the zoning laws around here.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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