DMZ
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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The DMZ is one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, and landmine incidents have previously heightened tensions between the two countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
South Korea said on Tuesday that the blasts, which happened on South Korea's side of the DMZ, were "highly likely" from North Korean mines.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The explosions occurred, Seoul said, about 30 feet south of the military demarcation line on South Korea’s side amid an uptick of North Korean activity in that part of the DMZ.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
More than 1 million land mines are estimated to be in the DMZ, the no-man’s-land created as part of the armistice halting active hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
All the way from Saigon north to the DMZ.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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