front line

Example Sentences

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Malta is also on the front line of climate change and at risk of desertification and drought, but neither main party made the issue its priority.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

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

Kosova’s 80-year-old neighbor on Tychyna Avenue, Nila Molchaniuk, said her family puts up with such threats in the knowledge that things are much tougher on the front line.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Without them, says Khani, the front line would collapse.

From BBC • May 17, 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