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
They had already lost their father who had been fighting on the front line.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
But parts of the 600-mile front line are now contested in both directions, unlike in 2025, when Ukraine was on the back foot almost everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That’s how a country at war fields more than 2,000 defense companies and runs production cycles from outline to front line in months, not years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
This little French town has no factories, no supplies, and it is far from the front line.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
