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
Another Kharkiv recruit headed for the battle zone asked Moskovitz to tutor him on blowing the shofar, the ram’s horn that is sounded for Rosh Hashana and a few other occasions.
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
Speaking on Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt Gen Aviv Kochavi said Abu Aqla was killed "in a battle zone", adding that the Israeli military regretted her death.
From BBC • May 13, 2022
A Viet Cong suspect, whose injured leg was bandaged by a US Marines medic, is carried to an interrogation area in a battle zone, 1965.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
