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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.
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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
This week, a small number of Russian troops slipped through Ukraine's defensive lines on the main battlefront near the town of Pokrovsk, NPR's Greg Myre tells Up First.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
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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
This week, a small number of Russian troops slipped through Ukraine's defensive lines on the main battlefront near the town of Pokrovsk, NPR's Greg Myre tells Up First.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
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Smith prevailed in the primary again in 2022 and easily won a second term in this Republican stronghold, where Democrats haven’t put up a serious general election fight in recent years.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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In response, Israel has ordered some 300,000 residents of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut to flee, taking out building after building.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Days are filled with swimming, snorkeling, birdwatching along the Florida Great Birding and Wildlife Trail, and exploring Fort Pickens, a 19th-century coastal fortress with panoramic views of the Gulf and bay.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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Channel the Secret Garden storyline by adding the Peacock Alley Chloe percale set to your bedding fortress.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2026
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Since its inception 35 years ago, Sony Pictures Classics — under the uncommonly consistent stewardship of co-chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard — has been a bastion of socially minded cinema on the global stage.—
Karen Kramer,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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For many decades, Memorial Day was seen as the bastion upon which our white wardrobe pieces were held back in the closet.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Bruins shot a dominant 58% from the field, well outdoing the solid 43% for the Trojans.—
Sean Campbell,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Inside a conference hall roughly the size of a football field sat hundreds of people—ambassadors, politicians, and scholars.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Vote counting would begin immediately after the ballot boxes are collected and transported to counting centers across the Himalayan nation, which could be as early as Thursday night.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers captured the most detailed image yet of our galaxy’s center.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefront. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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