battlefront
noun
bat·tle·front
ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfrənt 
1
: the military sector in which actual combat takes place
2
: a place or context within which a struggle is fought
… he had already served more than a decade as an attorney on the battlefronts of the civil rights movement.—
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Another said combat support personnel were deployed to the battlefront without any training.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
The move is Florida legislators’ latest battlefront in an all out culture war that is seen as a bellwether for the rest of the country.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple interviews indicated that the main aim in treating the wounded was to redeploy them to the battlefront quickly.
—Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The deluge of rules and the potential for more have opened a new battlefront for companies developing and using artificial intelligence.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
And along stretches of the battlefront, fighting is somewhat stalemated.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
In the meantime, olive-picking season in the West Bank, once a quiet, contemplative time for Palestinians, has become its own kind of battlefront.
—Raja Shehadeh, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Hezbollah’s leader warned that a regional war with Israel was a realistic possibility, as fears grew that the conflict in Gaza could spill into a second battlefront with the Lebanese militant group.
—Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
When the soldiers are not uniformed officers of the state and the battlefront is not a distant prospect, war becomes part of everyday life: sisters turn into comrades and villages produce battalions.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
The move is Florida legislators’ latest battlefront in an all out culture war that is seen as a bellwether for the rest of the country.
—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple interviews indicated that the main aim in treating the wounded was to redeploy them to the battlefront quickly.
—Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The deluge of rules and the potential for more have opened a new battlefront for companies developing and using artificial intelligence.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
And along stretches of the battlefront, fighting is somewhat stalemated.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
In the meantime, olive-picking season in the West Bank, once a quiet, contemplative time for Palestinians, has become its own kind of battlefront.
—Raja Shehadeh, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Hezbollah’s leader warned that a regional war with Israel was a realistic possibility, as fears grew that the conflict in Gaza could spill into a second battlefront with the Lebanese militant group.
—Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
When the soldiers are not uniformed officers of the state and the battlefront is not a distant prospect, war becomes part of everyday life: sisters turn into comrades and villages produce battalions.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
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