front line
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As a professor of classics at the University of Pennsylvania, she’ll be on the front line of academics condemned to unteach Nolan’s heavily altered screenplay to students who will arrive quoting it chapter and verse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Despite Ukraine being in one of its best positions on the front line in months, Drapaty faces serious challenges.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Another soldier, Natasha, said the protesters with their makeshift cardboard placards, were a long way from the daily brutality of the front line.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Women have been serving for decades now, including in front line roles, even if they were only legally recognized as combat soldiers in 2013.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
And Josiah—if only I had let him continue sleeping on the first day of training, perhaps he wouldn’t have gone to the front line in the first place.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
