front line
Example Sentences
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Instead, he addressed Russian soldiers on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
Barros said Ukraine's "drone superiority" had even neutralised Russia's attempts to gain an advantage by moving "overwhelming numbers" of troops to the front line, but added that the advantage may be shortlived.
From BBC • May 30, 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
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