front line
Example Sentences
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Instead, he addressed Russian soldiers on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A former soldier in Ukraine said geospatial intelligence was sometimes so stale by the time it reached the units at the front line, soldiers couldn’t act on it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
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
Barros said Ukraine's "drone superiority" had even neutralised Russia's attempts to gain an advantage by moving "overwhelming numbers" of troops to the front line, but added that the advantage may be shortlived.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
This little French town has no factories, no supplies, and it is far from the front line.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
