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
The Parisian front line, led by France’s Ousmane Dembélé, is more coveted than any handbag on the Champs-Élysées.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 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
Kosova’s 80-year-old neighbor on Tychyna Avenue, Nila Molchaniuk, said her family puts up with such threats in the knowledge that things are much tougher on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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
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