front line
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McGovern was also described as a "senior front line operative" and a "confidante" of those in the upper echelons of the organisation.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Often using artificial intelligence, they have targeted fuel trucks and military convoys on roads that link Russia to the Crimean Peninsula and to bases along the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
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
Kosova’s 80-year-old neighbor on Tychyna Avenue, Nila Molchaniuk, said her family puts up with such threats in the knowledge that things are much tougher on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
It could have been a clearing station on the front line.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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