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Recent Examples of battle line
The latest deal pushed by the Trump administration would freeze battle lines, see all remaining hostages released, destroy Hamas’ offensive weaponry, and offer limited amnesties for the group’s fighters.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
By the time Dylan arrived at the festival site on July 25, battle lines were already being drawn between purists and progressives.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But the battle lines in the Isak saga have Howe in direct opposition to his old friends.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Modern Naval planners forget that, for small ships, the transit to the World War II battle line was usually an awkward and often grinding mix of travel.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
By the time Dylan arrived at the festival site on July 25, battle lines were already being drawn between purists and progressives.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
But the battle lines in the Isak saga have Howe in direct opposition to his old friends.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Modern Naval planners forget that, for small ships, the transit to the World War II battle line was usually an awkward and often grinding mix of travel.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for battle line
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battle line
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Product and visual and everything else is important, but at the end of the day, [those] that make the growth happen are the great people on the front line.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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Downes soon found a new home on the front line fighting wildfires — and with it, a new sense of purpose.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But even as the governor touts the state’s climate achievements, his broader agenda faces friction on two fronts — from federal rollbacks that legally challenge California’s own state-level green authority, and from questions over his own commitment to phasing out fossil fuels.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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