front line

Example Sentences

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“He’s doing a disservice to the people that are on the front line, that rely on him and his colleagues to give them the parameters of what they can and can’t do,” Doyle added.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

A seasoned foreign minister, Lokke was on the front line in recent negotiations after Trump insisted the US needed to take control of Greenland.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

To do that, they have taken more than 8,000 soil samples, many of them from fields still near the front line of the war.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

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 • Mar. 2, 2026

It seemed as if we were still in the front line and I was their squad leader.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah