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battleground

[bat-uhl-graund] / ˈbæt əlˌgraʊnd /


NOUN
field of honor
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Taiz has been a major battleground in the country's devastating civil war.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The AI build-out has emerged as one of the U.S. economy’s steadfast sources of growth, a tentpole for the global capital markets and the primary battleground in America’s ongoing technology arms race with China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Major autonomous-driving companies are getting ready to turn Las Vegas into a robotaxi battleground after Nevada gave three big players the OK to deploy more cars.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The glory lights up the world and changes it the way a star shell changes a battleground.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Voting has been cancelled in dozens of lower house constituencies, many known battlegrounds or regions where rebels run parallel administrations beyond the junta's reach.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

Years before the U.S. military set off for battlegrounds in Cuba and the Philippines, rebels in both places had begun to fight for independence from the decrepit Spanish empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

People visiting the Gettysburg battlegrounds or historic district often report seeing spirits still dressed in uniform wandering about town.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

Some of the most significant battlegrounds in Wisconsin were the three counties surrounding Milwaukee known as the Wow counties - Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

Kennedy and his crew had been patrolling passages in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific, one of many World War II battlegrounds between the United States and Japan.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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