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Recent Examples of battlefront
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
Imagine how Trump’s words affected the mother of Danish machine-gunner Sophia Bruun, killed in action in 2010 at the age of 22, who fought alongside British army troops in the battlefront province of Helmand.
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Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
According to the Examiner, Princess Anne is on Prince William and Queen Camilla’s side on the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle battlefront and is trying to block the Sussexes’ possible return.
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Stylecaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
4 Jan. 2026
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
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
Imagine how Trump’s words affected the mother of Danish machine-gunner Sophia Bruun, killed in action in 2010 at the age of 22, who fought alongside British army troops in the battlefront province of Helmand.
—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
According to the Examiner, Princess Anne is on Prince William and Queen Camilla’s side on the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle battlefront and is trying to block the Sussexes’ possible return.
—
Stylecaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
4 Jan. 2026
And Disney, being Disney, found a way to have a seat at the table without opening another legal battlefront.
—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
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As a result, Democrats make inroads even on longtime local Republican strongholds.
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Morales has been entrenched in his coca-growing stronghold in the Chapare region since 2024 and has refused to appear before the courts.
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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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Follow live updates and coverage on the 2026 World Cup games as the field get settled before the knockout round begins.
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Olympic gold medalist Arisa Trew secured her second winning result of the weekend with a switch McTwist — a 540-degree twist taking off from her opposite side while grabbing the middle of the board — during women’s vert best trick, which featured a field of athletes averaging only 16 1/2 years old.
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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 28 Jun. 2026.
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