as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Trump surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency just after 5:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, after locking up the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2024
Polls opened at 6 a.m. across the battleground state of Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump is also ahead in the other three battleground states: Michigan, Nevada and Arizona.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
In October, Trump’s team asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate after a senior Labour figure posted a rallying cry for current and former staffers to travel to battleground states and campaign for Harris.
—Hannah Peart, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2024
Polls opened at 6 a.m. across the battleground state of Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Trump is also ahead in the other three battleground states: Michigan, Nevada and Arizona.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
In October, Trump’s team asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate after a senior Labour figure posted a rallying cry for current and former staffers to travel to battleground states and campaign for Harris.
—Hannah Peart, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battleground. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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