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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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On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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Artillery is typically described as responsible for a large percentage of casualties along the hundreds of miles of front lines snaking through eastern and southern Ukraine.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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The dock workers' strike demonstrates the risks of drawing battle lines and forcing short-term agendas.Ethan Karp, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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After months of city meetings capped by one held outdoors in a snowstorm, the battle lines were drawn in one of metro Detroit's most upscale neighborhoods.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2024
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Russia has been conducting a ferocious summer campaign along the eastern front in Ukraine, gradually compelling Kyiv to surrender ground.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
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Standing in front of more than 80,000 faces, Eric Church took a moment to absorb the spectacle at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday evening.Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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