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the leading or most important part of a movement
Susan B. Anthony was on the front line of the struggle for woman suffrage
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Recent Examples of front lines
On the front lines of what Glassdoor chief economist Daniel Zhao describes as an ongoing burnout crisis, millennial managers are forging new models of empathy and flexibility, but often at significant personal cost.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
On Ukraine’s front lines, combat patches are currency.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
As sanctions reshape global commerce, fintech sits at the front lines.
—Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, Chinese military officers have been touring the Russian front lines to study the war for themselves.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the shirt reportedly worn by the individual involved in the Charlie Kirk incident, this design brings patriotism, protest, and political heat to the front lines of fashion.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
From ethics in our government offices, to reproductive health care, to the climate crisis and beyond, ProPublica remains on the front lines of the stories that matter most.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Zelensky said the victims were struck as pensions were being handed out in the village, which is only a few miles from the front lines.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Less than a year after Jhonatan Andrés Martínez Villada left his home in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta to fight on Ukraine’s front lines, his mother received the call that every parent dreads.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
On Ukraine’s front lines, combat patches are currency.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
As sanctions reshape global commerce, fintech sits at the front lines.
—Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, Chinese military officers have been touring the Russian front lines to study the war for themselves.
—Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the shirt reportedly worn by the individual involved in the Charlie Kirk incident, this design brings patriotism, protest, and political heat to the front lines of fashion.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
From ethics in our government offices, to reproductive health care, to the climate crisis and beyond, ProPublica remains on the front lines of the stories that matter most.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Zelensky said the victims were struck as pensions were being handed out in the village, which is only a few miles from the front lines.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Less than a year after Jhonatan Andrés Martínez Villada left his home in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta to fight on Ukraine’s front lines, his mother received the call that every parent dreads.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Front lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20lines. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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