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
Barros said Ukraine's "drone superiority" had even neutralised Russia's attempts to gain an advantage by moving "overwhelming numbers" of troops to the front line, but added that the advantage may be shortlived.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
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
Kosova’s 80-year-old neighbor on Tychyna Avenue, Nila Molchaniuk, said her family puts up with such threats in the knowledge that things are much tougher on the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
As we crossed the front line, I saw the Germans sitting close to each other, miserably looking up at the sky.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
