as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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The annual defense authorization bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and has not failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades, but the Pentagon policy measure in recent years has become a battleground for cultural issues.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
Unlike Switzerland and Italy, which are part of the Schengen Area, allowing free travel between countries, the Siachen Glacier, with areas of it peaking at 6,000 m (20,000 ft), is known as the world's highest battleground.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
But this deal quickly turned political, given U.S. Steel's importance to the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and both Biden and Donald Trump came out in opposition.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
State leaders are using the race for the DNC chairmanship to pressure the national party to return to a 50-state strategy, with less control given to leaders in Washington who want to centralize funds and resources in a handful of battleground states.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 19 Dec. 2024
Unlike Switzerland and Italy, which are part of the Schengen Area, allowing free travel between countries, the Siachen Glacier, with areas of it peaking at 6,000 m (20,000 ft), is known as the world's highest battleground.
—New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
But this deal quickly turned political, given U.S. Steel's importance to the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and both Biden and Donald Trump came out in opposition.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 26 Dec. 2024
State leaders are using the race for the DNC chairmanship to pressure the national party to return to a 50-state strategy, with less control given to leaders in Washington who want to centralize funds and resources in a handful of battleground states.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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