front line
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Historic gardens are "really on the front line of climate change", said Drew Bennellick, the Heritage Fund's head of lands, seas and nature policy, and "the changes are happening actually quite quickly now".
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
During his tenure as defence minister, Fedorov was credited with energising the ministry, heading a drive against corruption and using data to analyse and try to improve performance on the front line.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
This has also been an incredible front line of the technological vanguard for how war is going to be fought in the future.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Open-source research outlet Black Bird Group says Russia has made some of its smallest gains this summer since the start of the war, while Ukraine has launched counterattacks along other areas of the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In honor of the birthday of the Marines, the Second and Third Raider Battalions, who had been in the heaviest fighting, were moved off the front line and allowed to rest for two weeks.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
