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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
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The liberation of Minsk was vital in crippling Germany’s strategic Army Group Centre and shattering Germany’s front line.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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North Korean troops’ first exposure to the front line in Kursk was as a distinct, separate unit, owing to the language barrier with Moscow’s troops, according to assessments by Ukrainian officials.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
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Here’s how the battle lines are being drawn, and why key Republicans are defecting from the party line.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
25 June 2025
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The main battle lines will thus be drawn along the Arctic seabed, in international waters, and en route to outer space.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Jake Cronenworth flared a ball to right-center field that fell in front of diving center fielder Brandon Marsh and then bounced off his glove, allowing Cronenworth to jog into second with a double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Along the way to the site, residents standing in front of strips malls and at intersections waved as Trump's motorcade rolled by.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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