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
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
Finally, after the enemy aircraft had flown away, Katya landed the damaged Pe-2 in a small field just inside Soviet territory over the front line.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
