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

Dmytro, a drone-testing engineer at the facility, was injured three times on the Ukrainian front line before moving to Germany in 2024 with his wife and child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Four Kenyans who made it home told AFP this month they had met dozens of Africans in training camps in Russia or on the front line, from Nigeria, Cameroon, Egpyt and South Africa.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 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