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
Faley warns those currently on the front line in eastern DR Congo that there is a risk in warning communities that the current outbreak has no known cure.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Russia relied heavily on the tactic of sending forward tiny groups of soldiers to infiltrate gaps in the front line in 2025.
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
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
