safe area
Americannoun
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From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025
On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serbs overran a U.N.-protected safe area in Srebrenica.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
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
It has big grounds, so people in Gaza went there to seek shelter and camp out as they saw it as a safe area.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023
Instead, two or three members of the Fugees would drop in five or so yards behind him, to form a safe area between Zubaid and the goal.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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