front line

Example Sentences

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Fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is near the front lines in the war, has knocked out external power lines to the facility numerous times, forcing it to rely on backup generators.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amed Khan is the president of the Amed Khan Foundation, which provides humanitarian aid on the front lines of crises around the world.

From Los Angeles Times

Outmatched on the ground by the better-equipped M23 and Rwandan troops, Kinshasa's forces have relied in part on US pressure on Kigali to stabilise the front line, regional specialists and security sources told AFP.

From Barron's

The Build With Ukraine model “is important to us, because it means additional weapons for our front line, paid for by our partners,” said Oleksandr Kamyshin, Zelensky’s adviser for strategic affairs who oversees military industries.

From The Wall Street Journal

Khamenei spent months at a time on the front lines, where many of the commanders and soldiers he met and knew were killed.

From BBC