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Recent Examples of killing field
One of them is the location of his trove of missing tapes, which some believe detail how his $1 million estate, the Fox Hollow Farm, became his personal killing field.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
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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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
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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The situation on the front line is critical for Ukrainian forces but defenses are not about to collapse, analysts say.—
Michelle L. Price,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Ukraine continues to lose territory on the front lines.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The clothes identify different factions and clearly delineate some of the battle lines.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
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Thus, in calling for Tamilians to have more babies, Stalin, who leads the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and is an important figure within the national alliance of opposition parties known as INDIA, was drawing political battle lines.—
YAMINI AIYAR,
Foreign Affairs,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The teams played to a 0-0 draw in front of a crowd that appeared to be at half capacity, with stronger numbers in the venue before the initial start time was pushed back.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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The most common way gift card draining occurs involves scammers going to racks of gift cards in stores and, using handheld scanners, read the code on the strip of the card and the number on the front.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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