front line
Example Sentences
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They had already lost their father who had been fighting on the front line.
From BBC • May 21, 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
Rotating soldiers on the front line in eastern Ukraine is extremely difficult because of the constant threat of drones.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
On the front line, young soldiers asked Kovalskiy for selfies, his children’s friends quizzed them about their father and chart-topping U.S. rapper Yeat posted his picture on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
And Josiah—if only I had let him continue sleeping on the first day of training, perhaps he wouldn’t have gone to the front line in the first place.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
