How to Use battleground in a Sentence

battleground

noun

• Trump received 48% of the votes in the battleground state four years ago.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
• Texas has long been a battleground for transgender rights.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2022
• Arizona, a key battleground state, has taken center stage this midterm cycle.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
• Hobbs’ victory adds further evidence that Trump is weighing down his allies in a crucial battleground state.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Presidential candidates have long considered the Sunshine State as prime battleground to fight for votes on either side of the aisle.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2022
• At stake are control of Congress and the rules for the 2024 presidential election in a crucial battleground state.
  — Jonathan J. Cooper, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• Despite public polls showing Harris with slight leads, the campaign saw themselves behind, especially in battleground states.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
• The city in the mid-1800s was a corrupt battleground for power, for control of the streets.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
• The same trend played out in other battleground states.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
• The speech would mark Trump's 12th visit this year to Michigan, a key battleground state in the Nov. 5 election.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
• The $858 million project is still in the planning stage, but officials view the lock as a key battleground.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
• But in those seven key battleground states, which could go either way, the race is a dead heat.
  — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
• This, despite leaflets dropped by Israel warning them not to reenter the north, the main battleground of the war.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
• One day after the launch, the campaign released its first 2024 ad in battleground states.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
• This time around, the economy – and the rising cost of living – is likely to be the key battleground.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
• Polls opened at 6 a.m. across the battleground state of Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
• These days, the former battleground is a historic site.
  — Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
• And the same pollster found Biden has made up ground in six battleground states that will likely decide the election.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
• But the most important ones to look out for are two other battleground states, the states that will decide the election.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• But Congress is only one of the battlegrounds in the coming debate.
  — Will Henshall, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
• Texas is not a battleground state, so a Texas running mate would not have the benefit of helping flip a state red.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• The store’s front lot was a breakdancing battleground where kids from the neighborhood would lay out tiles, turn on the boom box and show off their moves.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
• And his edge in battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada is not slight.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Mar. 2024
• All of these firms were part of teams that won Senate races in serious battleground states.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• In many ways, Waltham — and Moody Street in particular — is the prime battleground for this debate.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• That case alleges Trump and his allies conspired to overturn his loss in the battleground state.
  — Scott Bauer, ajc, 17 Jan. 2023
• Primaries are expected on both sides of the aisle in the battleground state, and the Senate race could be one of the most competitive in the country.
  — Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
• That won’t play well with the suburban voters both parties need to win in battleground states.
  — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
• Arizona is one of seven battleground states in the 2024 election.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
• Here's some battleground state banter Our country and our communities are deeply politically divided.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024