front line
Example Sentences
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In letters written to the BBC from inside a detention facility, Davies says he was captured by Russian forces after being seriously injured on the front line.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
As machines increasingly replace humans on the front line, the greater the role of troops becomes in either seizing land or defending it.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Packaging is no longer the back end of the semiconductor business but a front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Thrust back into the front line by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, infectious disease experts have to balance informing the public about its potential risks without provoking undue fear of a Covid-scale pandemic.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
It seemed as if we were still in the front line and I was their squad leader.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
