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Recent Examples of battle line
The battle lines pit conservative spending hawks — who want to mitigate the deficit impact of the package — against vulnerable moderates fighting to preserve federal health care benefits and secure a controversial tax break in high-income districts.
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Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
Medicaid The House Republican conference is reportedly fractured and the battle lines are becoming more pronounced.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Here’s how the battle lines are being drawn, and why key Republicans are defecting from the party line.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 June 2025
The main battle lines will thus be drawn along the Arctic seabed, in international waters, and en route to outer space.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 May 2025
Medicaid The House Republican conference is reportedly fractured and the battle lines are becoming more pronounced.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
Here’s how the battle lines are being drawn, and why key Republicans are defecting from the party line.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 June 2025
The main battle lines will thus be drawn along the Arctic seabed, in international waters, and en route to outer space.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battle line
Noun
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The situation on the front line is critical for Ukrainian forces but defenses are not about to collapse, analysts say.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Officer 180 picked up his bike higher than the others and shoved it more forcefully into the front line of people, Key said.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The teams played to a 0-0 draw in front of a crowd that appeared to be at half capacity, with stronger numbers in the venue before the initial start time was pushed back.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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The most common way gift card draining occurs involves scammers going to racks of gift cards in stores and, using handheld scanners, read the code on the strip of the card and the number on the front.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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