front line

Example Sentences

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He was among the passengers travelling on a route from Chop, on the border with Slovakia, to Barvinkove, the last stop before the front line in eastern Ukraine.

From BBC

"It's not realistic to beat the Russians on the front line, so we have to come to some kind of agreement. The military understands this," he added.

From Barron's

Reid recalled working with American soldiers, adding: "If they were on the front line and I was stood next to them, clearly we were on the front line as well."

From BBC

“They stayed a little back, little off the front lines.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"If they were on the front line, and we were stood next to them, then clearly we were on the front line as well."

From BBC