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
It’s been “a breach, but not a breakthrough,” said Michael Kofman, a military analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who has made several visits to the battle zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023
BOROVA, Ukraine — The battle zone east of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, is a mileslong territory of muddy roads, blasted intersections and destroyed bridges.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 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
