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battle line

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as in front line

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Recent Examples of battle line The battle lines seem to be forming along industry and geography. — Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 But on the eve of what should be contentious labor negotiations, Manfred’s public pitch, and the vocal support of one of the game’s marquee clubs, is an indication that the battle lines are already being drawn. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026 The key battle line however, was Greene's campaigning for the adminstration to release the entirety of ‘Epstein files'. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 Dec. 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

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The strike occurred in the Nikopol district of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, near the war's southern front line.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Government reinforcements have also been sent toward Lahj and Abyan, also in the southwest, and to the front lines near Houthi positions, as well as toward the strategic western Red Sea coast, most of which is now under Houthi control.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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The ballroom, however, almost seems like a rational investment compared with the arch that Trump wants to build in front of America’s most hallowed ground.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Partly for that reason, news outlets that fiercely compete with CNN, MS NOW and Politico on every other front have shown unusual solidarity.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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