safe area
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"It's just not a safe area… I would like to move out of Birmingham to be honest."
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran a U.N.-protected safe area in Srebrenica.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Live, which first opened in late 2007, has been known as a safe area, with uniformed police and security visibly patrolling the vicinity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023
For several weeks, Israeli officials have been talking about a solution - a so-called "safe area" at al-Mawasi, a thin strip of mainly agricultural land along the Mediterranean coast, close to the Egyptian border.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023
The spot Guardian found is flat and a safe area, free from obstacles such as mountainous buttes or large boulders.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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