battle lines

Definition of battle linesnext
plural of battle line

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Noun
  • Over the past week, Ukrainian drones have struck Russian fuel tanks and ammunition depots some 100 kilometers (65 miles) from the front lines in Luhansk, as well as a Russian air defense system more than 130 kilometers from the region’s border, according to geolocated video.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Gun-shooting humanoid robots fighting on the front lines are becoming less of a dystopian fantasy.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The parade is part of a three-day New Year celebration set in the Lanexang Village, a Laotian neighborhood near New Iberia with hundreds of families near the Buddhist temple grounds of Wat Thammarattanaram.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The parade is part of a three-day New Year celebration set in the Lanxang Village, a Laotian neighborhood near New Iberia with hundreds of families, and near the Buddhist temple grounds of Wat Thammarattanaram.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Battle lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20lines. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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