front line
Example Sentences
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As its advances slow across the front line, Russia has concentrated its efforts on capturing the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, once home to 78,000 people but now largely destroyed.
From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026
Other long-range strikes have sparked fires that have burned for days at oil facilities hundreds of kilometres behind the front line.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
McGovern was also described as a "senior front line operative" and a "confidante" of those in the upper echelons of the organisation.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Often using artificial intelligence, they have targeted fuel trucks and military convoys on roads that link Russia to the Crimean Peninsula and to bases along the front line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“Yes, they give the battalions in the front line as much as they can but the ones in back are very short. They have eaten all the Austrians’ potatoes and chestnuts from the woods.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
