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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
Some CEOs step directly into their roles, but some of us got here the long way—by fixing broken processes, building systems ourselves and earning trust on the front lines before becoming CEO.
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Raja Walia, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
For generations, Black communities have been on the front lines when policy experiments fail.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
As a consequence, more people have died; areas of Mexico previously insulated from the cartels are now on the front lines.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump presses Putin on peace Putin and his top officials have claimed willingness to make a deal, though have demanded the freezing of the current front lines and Ukraine's withdrawal from key battlefields including those in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
New Zealander James Bertram reveals his conflicted feelings in the realization that his comfortable stay in Japan was a distraction from the horrors experienced on the Chinese front lines.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Aug. 2025
Just outside Delhi, in the satellite city of Gurugram, the Janm Foundation’s animal shelter illustrates the crisis on the front lines.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
But Putin’s apparent change in demand also comes following years of Russia’s inability to significantly move the front lines.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Flamingo could give Ukraine the ability to hold high-value Russian military infrastructure and logistics hubs at risk far beyond the front lines.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
Raja Walia, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
For generations, Black communities have been on the front lines when policy experiments fail.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
As a consequence, more people have died; areas of Mexico previously insulated from the cartels are now on the front lines.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump presses Putin on peace Putin and his top officials have claimed willingness to make a deal, though have demanded the freezing of the current front lines and Ukraine's withdrawal from key battlefields including those in Donetsk Oblast in the east of the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
New Zealander James Bertram reveals his conflicted feelings in the realization that his comfortable stay in Japan was a distraction from the horrors experienced on the Chinese front lines.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Aug. 2025
Just outside Delhi, in the satellite city of Gurugram, the Janm Foundation’s animal shelter illustrates the crisis on the front lines.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
But Putin’s apparent change in demand also comes following years of Russia’s inability to significantly move the front lines.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The Flamingo could give Ukraine the ability to hold high-value Russian military infrastructure and logistics hubs at risk far beyond the front lines.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Front lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20lines. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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