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Recent Examples of battlefront
The main fighting force moved on to other battlefronts as soon as the town was recaptured on the evening of Nov. 30, Mr. al-Ageid said.
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Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
For months Russia has advanced – slowly and at great cost, to be sure – along much of the war’s battlefront.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
With McKenna stepping aside, the contest was wide open and could have become another battlefront between pro-teachers union and pro-charter forces.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
But another important battlefront in the war on woke has opened up against diversity or DEI training and similar initiatives in the workplace and educational institutions.
—Thomas F. Powers, National Review, 1 Dec. 2024
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Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
For months Russia has advanced – slowly and at great cost, to be sure – along much of the war’s battlefront.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
With McKenna stepping aside, the contest was wide open and could have become another battlefront between pro-teachers union and pro-charter forces.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
But another important battlefront in the war on woke has opened up against diversity or DEI training and similar initiatives in the workplace and educational institutions.
—Thomas F. Powers, National Review, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlefront
Noun
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Poilievre, however, maintains a stronghold in the Prairies and Alberta, where Conservative support remains dominant.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Israel's military is also intensifying an offensive against a Palestinian militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank, deploying tanks there for the first time in more than two decades.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2025
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This fortress comes as Buffett struggles to find his next big investment target.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 Feb. 2025
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Not even Martin Short’s lady friend and her fortress of Oscar statuettes are immune to the chaos Kate McKinnon’s paranormal sketches can unleash on your psyche.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps halfway up to the crest which forms the ramparts of the Mule Shoe was a jutting bastion of orange-colored rock.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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But despite housing the fest for four decades, Utah isn’t a bastion of free speech, with the state being one of the first to implement a statewide ban for more than a dozen books in libraries and classrooms.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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Herro started slow, finding himself with just two points on 1-of-5 shooting from the field midway through the second quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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The corn and sugarcane fields of Punjab and Haryana had given way, by the second day, to fields of millet and soybean and lines of orange trees.—
Amitava Kumar,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Southwest Coast Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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