battle zone
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During “SNL‘’s summer hiatus, late-night became a battle zone amid the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show and a brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s under pressure from a Federal Communications Commission official.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Thousands of miles from the front in Ukraine, the embassy compound has become a battle zone of its own.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023
The U.N. says the talks in the countries’ respective capitals will center on a cease-fire and efforts to pluck civilians from the battle zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2022
The place they, too, had known their whole lives was suddenly a battle zone, with activists and police facing off.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2021
Meanwhile, French reinforcements were pouring into the battle zone.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
