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

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

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

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

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It seemed as if we were still in the front line and I was their squad leader.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah