front line
Example Sentences
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Russia relied heavily on the tactic of sending forward tiny groups of soldiers to infiltrate gaps in the front line in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That’s how a country at war fields more than 2,000 defense companies and runs production cycles from outline to front line in months, not years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
In letters written to the BBC from inside a detention facility, Davies says he was captured by Russian forces after being seriously injured on the front line.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
This is a grey zone along the front line within the range of drones piloted remotely from both sides.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
At the other end, back at the main command post and away from the front line, at least one or two other Navajos would be receiving the messages and doing just what we did.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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