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no-go zone
noun
an area to which access is prohibited or ill-advised US
The term came to the attention of Americans in 2004 in the context of the US occupation of Iraq.- Police are planning to cordon off an area between Independence Avenue and Jefferson Drive from Fourth to 14th Street as a secure “no-go” zone. — Washington Post, p. C1, 30 September 1979
- There are “no-go” zones in Iraq today. You can’t hold an election in a “no go” zone. [Quoting John Kerry]. — New York Times, p. A1, 24 September 2004
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