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a place where a battle takes place
wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield
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Then explore the northern Shenandoah Valley for wineries and breweries, scenic drives, museums, and battlefields.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
There’s also balance, with sweeping, powerfully dynamic, and quite honestly brilliant group scenes layering World War II battlefields and the ballet studio or depicting the wavering hopefulness of wartime nurses and beleaguered soldiers awaiting the voyage home at the French port of Dunkirk.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
The increasingly complex demands of today’s battlefields make vehicle powertrains more critical than ever.
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah became the linchpin in Iran’s Axis of Resistance; its fighters and military advisers were present on battlefields in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
The Soviets also allowed similar behavior from the United States on other battlefields.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
There’s also balance, with sweeping, powerfully dynamic, and quite honestly brilliant group scenes layering World War II battlefields and the ballet studio or depicting the wavering hopefulness of wartime nurses and beleaguered soldiers awaiting the voyage home at the French port of Dunkirk.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
The increasingly complex demands of today’s battlefields make vehicle powertrains more critical than ever.
—Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Hezbollah became the linchpin in Iran’s Axis of Resistance; its fighters and military advisers were present on battlefields in Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
American political violence is unlikely to manifest in the form of civil war, at least understood as two rival armies standing toe to toe on battlefields or as hundreds of thousands of armed insurgents roaming the country.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
The Soviets also allowed similar behavior from the United States on other battlefields.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
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“Battlefields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefields. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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