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
Those brief ads are targeting about four dozen battleground districts that the group believes can be flipped.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
But the former truck driver can feel left out when elections roll around in this battleground state.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
And so everyday life becomes overinterpreted, as local forums become symbolic battlegrounds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
However, analysis has suggested the GOP will still win the Senate and to win back control, the party must hold all three of its battleground defenses—Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire—while flipping at least four Republican‑held seats.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
But the former truck driver can feel left out when elections roll around in this battleground state.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
And so everyday life becomes overinterpreted, as local forums become symbolic battlegrounds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
However, analysis has suggested the GOP will still win the Senate and to win back control, the party must hold all three of its battleground defenses—Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire—while flipping at least four Republican‑held seats.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.—
David Szondy
April 11,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2026
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Ukrainian forces made a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024 in one of their biggest battlefield successes in the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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