front line

Example Sentences

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Malta is also on the front line of climate change and at risk of desertification and drought, but neither main party made the issue its priority.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

The critical route is used by the Russian military to supply their forces on the front line and in Crimea.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Barros said Ukraine's "drone superiority" had even neutralised Russia's attempts to gain an advantage by moving "overwhelming numbers" of troops to the front line, but added that the advantage may be shortlived.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The Parisian front line, led by France’s Ousmane Dembélé, is more coveted than any handbag on the Champs-Élysées.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

At the other end, back at the main command post and away from the front line, at least one or two other Navajos would be receiving the messages and doing just what we did.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac