as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent Examples of battleground
Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to run for a second full term comes after conservative candidates for the highest court in the battleground state have lost each of the past two elections by double-digit margins.
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Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
But though its conversations about tenure can be a chore, its presentation of the modern campus as the Somme — in terms of the battleground for progressive politics — does strike a very timely chord.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, all of these big battlegrounds have lost Democrats in large numbers, again, just this decade.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
That's why Texas is now firmly on the Senate battleground map, and why Colin is the Democrat who can finally deliver a statewide victory.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
But though its conversations about tenure can be a chore, its presentation of the modern campus as the Somme — in terms of the battleground for progressive politics — does strike a very timely chord.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, all of these big battlegrounds have lost Democrats in large numbers, again, just this decade.
—ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025
That's why Texas is now firmly on the Senate battleground map, and why Colin is the Democrat who can finally deliver a statewide victory.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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The brutality of the Ukrainian frontline The challenges facing foreign volunteer fighters on the battlefield extend well beyond their legal label.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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All the while, Russia is intensifying its battlefield offensive.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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