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Recent Examples of battlefront
The results mark a rare victory on one of the Biden administration's toughest political battlefronts, as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares for next week’s Democratic National Convention.
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
Allied hopes of a major spring offensive this year against Russian troops occupying one-fifth of Ukrainian territory foundered, largely because of dense Russian minefields along the nearly 600-mile battlefront.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Unpacking the data on immigration and the economy As the U.S. election cycle ramps up, immigration remains a key battlefront for state and national races.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
The attack on the UAW leadership, which has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection, highlights a key battlefront in the race and showcases differences even within organized labor, as Sean O’Brien, general president of the Teamsters, was welcomed to the RNC earlier in the week.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
Allied hopes of a major spring offensive this year against Russian troops occupying one-fifth of Ukrainian territory foundered, largely because of dense Russian minefields along the nearly 600-mile battlefront.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Unpacking the data on immigration and the economy As the U.S. election cycle ramps up, immigration remains a key battlefront for state and national races.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
The attack on the UAW leadership, which has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection, highlights a key battlefront in the race and showcases differences even within organized labor, as Sean O’Brien, general president of the Teamsters, was welcomed to the RNC earlier in the week.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024
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Instead, it will likely be decided in the historic Democratic Party strongholds of New York and California, where more than a dozen of the closest races are under way.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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State significance Delaware is a Democratic stronghold, having voted for the party’s candidate in every election since 1992.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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With no end to the war in sight and lacking effective air defense, Kharkiv gradually has turned from a fortress of resilience into a fortress of solitude.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The only representations they were allowed were through mass media or images of migrants on canoes collapsing in front of European fortresses.Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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While some people may see certain platforms as a breeding ground for hate speech, others may see them as the last bastion of free speech.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The venue was City College in Harlem, a working class bastion of higher education that’s been minting Nobel laureates and business tycoons for more than a century.Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Lastly, some of this knowledge was learned the hard way: By messing up in the field a few times and finally learning from those mistakes.Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Over six years later, that opinion still stands among experts in the field.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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European Wax Center continues to focus on maintaining its brand position and ensuring consistent service delivery across its network of centers.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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And after having watched their team get beaten 5-0, many Maccabi fans made their way back to their hotels and the city center.Henry Austin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Battlefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battlefront. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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