killing field

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Recent Examples of killing field 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 The fighting in Bucha intensified, and with Russian troops turning the city into a killing field, the family tried to flee by car on March 5. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for killing field
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Noun
  • It is needed by pediatricians and school principals, who are on the front lines of any outbreak.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
  • On the other hand, Gaza, among the most impoverished areas of the Middle East, has been on the front lines of history for millennia, and has been caught in the crosshairs of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict since its inception in 1948.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The battle lines have been drawn and are not going anywhere.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 May 2025
  • Washington’s proposals include the recognition of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and freezing the conflict largely along existing battle lines, leaving Putin in control of large parts of eastern and southern Ukraine, Bloomberg News has reported.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One spread is a black and white photo of the band in early 1967, standing in front of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • The suits, which have proliferated in recent years, represent a new front in Google’s legal battles in Europe.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2025

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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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