battleground

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[ US /ˈbætəɫˌɡɹaʊnd/ ]
[ UK /bˈætə‍lɡɹˌa‍ʊnd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
    they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
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How To Use battleground In A Sentence

  • Supporting families is set to become a key political battleground between Labour and the Conservatives at the general election. Times, Sunday Times
  • The war for market share will not be fought on the traditional battlegrounds of the retail branch networks, but in cyberworld.
  • Paramedics should not have to enter a battleground every time they fight to save someone's life.
  • In late 1911 about 800 Moros fled to the old battleground of Bud Dajo to make a stand.
  • Thus the problems in the division became yet another battleground between the civilian government and the military.
  • Strikingly, Podhorzer said that his union's internal polls -- which push voters hard on the question of whether people are really firmly committed to their pick -- show that as many as "15 to 20 percent" of battleground state voters remain "persuadable," as he put it, despite what public polls say about the level of undecided voters. Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns Race Remains Volatile, Says Voters Lack Clear Sense Of Obama
  • Sport should be a unifying force, not a political battleground. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was hoped that the Ulysses's skill would prove decisive in the tough battleground of Beta Centauri.
  • The political spectrum has become narrower with the ideological battleground moving to the right.
  • Bonuses and banking regulation have become a key political battleground. Times, Sunday Times
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