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Recent Examples of battle line
Crimean Recognition As well as banning NATO membership for Ukraine, Washington's proposals include recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the war largely along existing battle lines.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The remote work debate continues to intensify, with clear battle lines being drawn between corporate giants.
—Dee Coakley, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The fight over the U.S. Department of Education has begun, but the battle lines are a little blurry.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Whatever the case, the battle lines surrounding Wagnergate were clear: those who favored a more hawkish policy toward Russia, including powerful figures in Poroshenko’s camp, had used the incident as a cudgel against Zelensky and his team.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
The remote work debate continues to intensify, with clear battle lines being drawn between corporate giants.
—Dee Coakley, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The fight over the U.S. Department of Education has begun, but the battle lines are a little blurry.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Whatever the case, the battle lines surrounding Wagnergate were clear: those who favored a more hawkish policy toward Russia, including powerful figures in Poroshenko’s camp, had used the incident as a cudgel against Zelensky and his team.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battle line
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Since then, Rogers has often found himself on the front lines of the faculty representatives’ enduring struggle for influence and relevance.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 May 2025
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Scott, who directed state response to a string of hurricanes while governor, praised the workers at FEMA he’s dealt with in the past but, echoing DeSantis, said Florida emergency managers are at the front lines of disasters.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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Trump’s team is working furiously to keep the bill going on other fronts, too: seeking to discredit Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper while savaging Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for resisting the bill and its debt ceiling increase.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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Trump has repeatedly attacked Harvard on multiple fronts—accusing the school of harboring antisemitism, enrolling too many foreign students, accepting excessive foreign funding and being hostile to conservatives.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Battle line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20line. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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