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Recent Examples of killing field
Israel has consistently dehumanized my people and turned Gaza into a killing field with the help of its powerful friends.
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Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike.
—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
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Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike.
—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killing field
Noun
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There are also many musicians who are fighting on the front line.—
Flora Bigham,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Now, this latest war has extended its reach far beyond the front lines.—
Nada Bashir,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Podcasts: True crime, in-depth interviews and more USA TODAY podcasts right here Dana Taylor: The midterm elections are heating up and battle lines are being drawn in cities and towns across the country in places like Riverside County, California.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
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Generational and ideological battle lines were drawn; perhaps most bitterly, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and aligned super political action committees spent $7 million in this district alone.—
David Daley,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Run up there, get to the front.—
John Kenney,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Terrence Smith and the woman were in the middle of a heated argument in front of a building on Eastern Parkway near Utica Ave.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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