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• So, yeah, all those things are on the front burner now.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2021
• Free agency remains on the front burner for the Cowboys.
  — Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
• The summer camps and the Pollinator Palooza are just two of the programs currently on the front burner.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 7 June 2022
• Sure, Sang-hyeon, who runs a hand laundry, and cohort Dong-soo, who works at said church, could use the dough; times are tight and, on the front burner, Sang-hyeon is in hock to the local mob.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• But losses suffered this year will keep this topic on the front burner of every sports franchise.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
• Vanessa Guillén last year, a death that put the risks to women in uniform on the front burner of policy-making at the Pentagon and in Congress.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2021
• History is taking a place on the front burner of the national conversation.
  — Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2021
• Lawsuits claiming misbehavior by Google and Facebook promise to keep this topic on the front burner.
  — Editorial Board New York Times, Star Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
• Later this morning, Luna moves into playful Leo and makes a supportive angle to Mercury, urging us to put fun on the front burner.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• The pandemic put schools squarely on the front burner this election cycle, both with the upheavals caused by closures and the scrutiny that virtual learning brought to classrooms.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2021
• Such perceptions, on top of the hiring results, have kept the issue on the front burner in the NFL, which currently has four minority non-interim head coaches.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2020
• Throughout his losing campaign, Trump put gun rights on the front burner, often using the divisive issue in an attempt to excite voters.
  — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
• Questions of racetrack safety will remain on the front burner as those scrutinizing the sport turn their gaze to Baltimore and Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2023
• Questions of racetrack safety will remain on the front burner as those scrutinizing the sport turn their gaze to Baltimore and Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2023
• Insurance reforms are back on the front burner heading into the spring session of the Florida Legislature.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2023
• In this heated environment, the film's suggestions to foster more consensus, put voting rights on the front burner and increase civics education in schools seem like the equivalent of raising a hand to speak during a shouting match.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2022
• For the mayor, the watchdog report comes at a moment when several politically difficult Police Department issues are on the front burner.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• Even in an outdoor setting, many health authorities advise that restaurants follow social distancing, staff wear masks (and diners wear them when not seated), and cleanliness and sanitation remain on the front burner.
  — Jennifer G. Wolcott, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024