as in stronghold
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Recent Examples of battlefront
That decision was made by Tehran in an attempt to turn Lebanon into another battlefront.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
Those proceedings are one of three battlefronts in a steadily escalating legal war targeting core parts of the representation business.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
The homefront became an essential battlefront.
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Gil Troy,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
This next stage of what has been a raging war between former colleagues since the dark days of the Covid pandemic represents a surge on the judicial battlefront.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for battlefront
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
Those proceedings are one of three battlefronts in a steadily escalating legal war targeting core parts of the representation business.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
The homefront became an essential battlefront.
—
Gil Troy,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
This next stage of what has been a raging war between former colleagues since the dark days of the Covid pandemic represents a surge on the judicial battlefront.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for battlefront
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
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The Dodgers have not taken the division just yet, but taking two out of three from the Padres assures their stronghold isn’t loosening anytime soon.
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Local communities, including Republican strongholds in Georgia and Mississippi, voiced opposition to the projects, staging protests outside the warehouses and derailing city council meetings.
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Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 BCE after building a causeway to what had been considered an impregnable island fortress.
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Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
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Because Cook County and the city of Chicago remain a Democratic bastion, new voters will not have the choice of getting new ideas or a fresh set of eyes from an independent or a Republican candidate.
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These organizations claim to be bastions of journalism, Defenders of Democracy, and heroes in the fight for truth in government.
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Unlike traditional sports chants, Jama blends music, rhythm and movement into an expression of community that exists well beyond the soccer field.
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The referee on the field, Raphael Claus, has previously been investigated for match fixing in Brazil, though of course, there's no indication that this was a motivating factor in this case.
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefront. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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