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Recent Examples of battlefront
And Disney, being Disney, found a way to have a seat at the table without opening another legal battlefront.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
At stake is a policy that advocates hope will serve as a citywide blueprint for creating and preserving more affordable housing and more renter power, the latest battlefront in a decades-long fight over the future of residential development in the area.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
What’s up Space becomes the new battlefront — Hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite and beamed down footage from Russia’s Victory Day parade to Ukrainian televisions — as modern warfare moves to space.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
California is a crucial battlefront in a coast-to-coast political civil war over congressional redistricting, a war that Republicans nationally appear better positioned to win.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
At stake is a policy that advocates hope will serve as a citywide blueprint for creating and preserving more affordable housing and more renter power, the latest battlefront in a decades-long fight over the future of residential development in the area.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
What’s up Space becomes the new battlefront — Hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite and beamed down footage from Russia’s Victory Day parade to Ukrainian televisions — as modern warfare moves to space.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
California is a crucial battlefront in a coast-to-coast political civil war over congressional redistricting, a war that Republicans nationally appear better positioned to win.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
Noun
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He was killed in southern Lebanon, a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah, as Israel expands an invasion there.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Journalists heard several explosions from the direction of the Hezbollah stronghold, which Israel has repeatedly struck since war began.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Murad Bakhsh, who served as Aurangzeb’s ally in his campaign against Dara Shikoh, was arrested and confined in the fortress of Gwalior.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Visit clothing boutiques like Muses Corfu for something locally made, take a tour through the fortress, and stop in at Coconela for an artisanal coffee.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Military engineers resorted to building lower, thicker ramparts, backed by earth, and sought to eliminate blind spots by building angular bastions — the aforementioned extrusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Malls in the Gulf have been a bastion of normalcy amid the instability, although footfall is substantially down on usual levels.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ridden Saturday for the first time by jockey Flavien Prat, Commandment dropped back to last in the field of six midway through the 1 1/8-mile stakes, content to allow the others to contest the pace.—
Clark Spencer,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Through adoptions, education, outreach, and field services, the shelter provides critical support to promote responsible pet care in the community.—
Janay Reece,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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