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Days of almost continuous heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the Thai capital, with the city's governor declaring it a disaster-affected zone.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The bay also became a voluntary no-anchor zone in 2021.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It’s starting to edge into that restrictiveness zone where it’s going to begin to exert downward pressure on risk assets and economic activity,” said Joseph Purtell, a portfolio manager and rates trader at Neuberger Berman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Oregon’s Malik Benson took a line-drive punt 85 yards to the end zone to give the Ducks a lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

According to Aristotle, the universe is divided between a supralunary zone, where nothing changes and movement is always in circles, and a sublunary zone.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

My family would be the other journalists embedded with me in military zones.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Homeowners in Escambia County, Fla. — which includes Pensacola — were the biggest group rezoned into high-risk flood zones, followed by homeowners in Pender County, N.C., according to an analysis by Cotality.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

That trip includes a two-hour refueling stop in Auckland, New Zealand, which is two time zones closer than Sydney to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

There are no human casualties yet, thanks to the wide exclusion zones on land and in the air.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

At usamriid, toad- shades bloom in the gray zones.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

While she has a reputation for being fiercely zoned into her training rather than chasing the spotlight, she has put work into the promotion.

From BBC ● 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

The lawsuit alleges that the leased land is zoned exclusively for agricultural use and that the federal government violated laws requiring state and county notification, as well as procedural steps required before beginning construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

I liked Mr. Tushman’s speech, but I have to admit: I kind of zoned out a little during some of the other speeches.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

Oldenburg was pushing back against restrictive zoning and suburbanization, arguing that fully residential neighborhoods weakened the societal fabric of the United States.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

In cities such as in California, more restrictive zoning led to tight supply, which pushed up home prices.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

I probably won’t go to bed for another three hours, so I’ll just be zoning out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

In the farming community of Gilroy, Amazon’s project was approved with a single signature—by the town’s community-development director—because it met zoning criteria set 45 years ago for industrial development along a freeway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Back in fourth grade, our teacher, Ms. Diamatis, started calling him Bob English Who Draws because he was always zoning out and doodling with a superfine Sharpie.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead