front line
Example Sentences
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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
As machines increasingly replace humans on the front line, the greater the role of troops becomes in either seizing land or defending it.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Thrust back into the front line by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, infectious disease experts have to balance informing the public about its potential risks without provoking undue fear of a Covid-scale pandemic.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Their task was to survive long enough for others to join them and drag the Russian front line forward a few dozen more yards.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
We were just coming back from the front line, and at a turning of the road near our billets, marvellous in the morning twilight, stood this cherry tree before us.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
