front line
Example Sentences
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But parts of the 600-mile front line are now contested in both directions, unlike in 2025, when Ukraine was on the back foot almost everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That’s how a country at war fields more than 2,000 defense companies and runs production cycles from outline to front line in months, not years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
This is a grey zone along the front line within the range of drones piloted remotely from both sides.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
He is typical of many in the group - a former soldier who returned, wounded, from the Ukraine front line, in search of a role and purpose in Russian society.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
But now all the singing and talking stopped, replaced with frightened whispers running from the front line toward the back.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
