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

And in the battle zone, artillery stocks have dwindled alarmingly, the senior U.S. commander in Europe warned Congress on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Kareem, who two years ago fled the chaos caused by the civil war in his home country, Syria, has found himself once more in the middle of a battle zone - this time in Sudan.

From BBC • May 13, 2023

Two students formed an impromptu taxi service and rescued dozens of people from a battle zone in Sudan.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

As casualties mounted, Pétain did his best to spare his troops by rotating them in and out of the battle zone.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman