front line
Example Sentences
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They had already lost their father who had been fighting on the front line.
From BBC • May 21, 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
He is typical of many in the group - a former soldier who returned, wounded, from the Ukraine front line, in search of a role and purpose in Russian society.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Packaging is no longer the back end of the semiconductor business but a front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“Yes, they give the battalions in the front line as much as they can but the ones in back are very short. They have eaten all the Austrians’ potatoes and chestnuts from the woods.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
