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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
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The Warriors, who often play three- or four-guard lineups, have been gashed by a Blazers front line that features the 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Across state lines West Chicago teenage brothers Ben and Sam Luhmann spent much of the fall and winter on the front lines of the blitz, chasing federal immigration officers.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The key battle line however, was Greene's campaigning for the adminstration to release the entirety of ‘Epstein files'.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 Dec. 2025
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What’s clear already is that the battle lines have shifted.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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On the production front, Micron excels in advanced DRAM nodes, including the early sampling of 1-gamma DRAM using EUV.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Aaron Glenn stood in front of a crowd of reporters, Jets staffers and former Jets players at his introductory news conference as the franchise’s new head coach and announced to the world that things were going to be different with him in charge.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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