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Recent Examples of killing field
But one major blunder that turned the shoreline into a killing field was shockingly basic.
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Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
So when the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine play out in full view, when a Kyiv suburb is turned into a killing field, when a missile strikes a train terminal packed with people trying to flee the war, there's a powerful impulse for justice.
—Richard Galant, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
Once popular with tech workers and young families, Bucha became a killing field as Russia sought to seize the capital.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2022
His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field.
—Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
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Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
So when the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine play out in full view, when a Kyiv suburb is turned into a killing field, when a missile strikes a train terminal packed with people trying to flee the war, there's a powerful impulse for justice.
—Richard Galant, CNN, 10 Apr. 2022
Once popular with tech workers and young families, Bucha became a killing field as Russia sought to seize the capital.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2022
His neighbor was the first to identify him, recognizing the unshaven face of a man who had watched his beloved street become a killing field.
—Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killing field
Noun
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Russian forces have reportedly been using fewer armored vehicles in assaults in the most active areas of the front line in recent weeks, possibly in order to conserve these vehicles as Soviet stocks dwindle.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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All told, the group helped move more than 7 million letters and parcels to soldiers on the front lines.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the school board has not said how the district would be split, the consensus among the public is that the battle line would form along Denton Highway (U.S. 377).—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Jan. 2025
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Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has laid out a peace proposal to end the war in which Ukraine's borders would freeze where current battle lines stand and its entrance to NATO would be indefinitely suspended.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Polish up your premises both front and backyard and be clean.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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The mother walked in to find Sadie calmly sitting in front of Caysley in the bathroom.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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