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Recent Examples of battlefront
Simultaneously, social media and a new right-wing media in India have become a critical battlefront.
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 May 2025
President Donald Trump was set to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, laying the groundwork for the most contentious and far-reaching battlefront in his fight to push the bounds on presidential authority.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
While Moscow has certainly seen some successes on land and in the air, that should not draw attention away from Russia’s stunning defeat in the Black Sea that has seen Russia have to retreat from the Ukrainian shoreline and keep its ships far away from the battlefront.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
In fact, examples exist of IRGC commanders denying him visiting rights to the battlefront because of his politics.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
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Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 May 2025
President Donald Trump was set to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, laying the groundwork for the most contentious and far-reaching battlefront in his fight to push the bounds on presidential authority.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
While Moscow has certainly seen some successes on land and in the air, that should not draw attention away from Russia’s stunning defeat in the Black Sea that has seen Russia have to retreat from the Ukrainian shoreline and keep its ships far away from the battlefront.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
In fact, examples exist of IRGC commanders denying him visiting rights to the battlefront because of his politics.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
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In recent years, grizzlies have spilled out of their stronghold in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem — a broad swath of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming — and into human territory, where coexistence gets messy.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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America Great Again movement against the conservative legal stronghold that helped Trump reshape the courts during his first term by offering up conservative judges as suggestions to fill benches across the country.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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Iran's most advanced and hardened nuclear facility, the Fordow plant in the country's northwest, is a fortress.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The then-British fortress was famously captured by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold in May 1775, marking a pivotal moment in the early stages of the Revolutionary War.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2025
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Douglas County is trying to do something no other Colorado county has done in nearly 50 years — adopt home-rule authority that would give the conservative bastion south of Denver more autonomy and powers of self-governance.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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The Federalist Society has become a bastion of that project, with Leo serving as its longtime former executive vice president.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Stay away from open fields, hill summits, or ridge tops.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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In 2019, Williamson was the national player of the year, averaged 22.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game and shot 68% from the field, while Barrett was a first team All-American (22.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game) and Reddish was third on the team in scoring (13.5 points per game).—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Wolf, a seven-foot, 250-pound center, spent his first two college seasons at Yale before transferring to Michigan.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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Others, such as 18-year-old fellow center back Jordyn Bugg and 21-year-old Lilly Reale, will be playing with Girma for the first time.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefront. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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