no-fly zone
noun
technical
: an area where military airplanes are not allowed to fly during a conflict or war
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If Payton's keeping receipts, Superman is about to enter a no-fly zone.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
If Payton’s keeping receipts, Superman is about to enter a no-fly zone.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Operations are ongoing and the area has been closed off, with a no-fly zone in place over Crans-Montana, police said.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Police said many people were being treated for burns and that the area had been completely closed off, with a no-fly zone imposed over Crans-Montana.
—Emily Deletter, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Sources said the drones took off from the northeast of the Irish capital, breaching a no-fly zone as Zelensky arrived for his official visit.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The middle of the field, once Warner’s no-fly zone, is now wide open.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
With only the map to go on and no idea how to contact the airport in Pyongyang, the pilots headed toward the no-fly zone between North and South Koreas.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
In it, a collection of European states would establish a no-fly zone, first over western Ukrainian territory and later over central Ukraine.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
If Payton’s keeping receipts, Superman is about to enter a no-fly zone.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Operations are ongoing and the area has been closed off, with a no-fly zone in place over Crans-Montana, police said.
—Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Police said many people were being treated for burns and that the area had been completely closed off, with a no-fly zone imposed over Crans-Montana.
—Emily Deletter, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Sources said the drones took off from the northeast of the Irish capital, breaching a no-fly zone as Zelensky arrived for his official visit.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The middle of the field, once Warner’s no-fly zone, is now wide open.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
With only the map to go on and no idea how to contact the airport in Pyongyang, the pilots headed toward the no-fly zone between North and South Koreas.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
In it, a collection of European states would establish a no-fly zone, first over western Ukrainian territory and later over central Ukraine.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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