battlefield

Example Sentences

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Russia, whose battlefield advances have slowed since last year, has paid a high price in manpower for relatively small territorial gains.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

"Because dual-use technology like this has become increasingly democratised, it is making the modern battlefield more transparent for both sides than ever before," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory by any measure,” he said.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” the publisher writes: “examines the long shadow cast by the Vietnam War. Not just on the battlefield, but on the women, children, and rural communities that were left behind.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The hero, Captain Burin, was writing home from the battlefield to the one he had waltzed with in the first chapter, the one he loved.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig