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
In stating that "the fashionable flag under which to fly this autumn is the F-word", Glover is correct that fairness will remain a central political battleground. It's equality of life chances, not literal equality, that the left espouses
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
This week education and public services are going to be a key battleground. Times, Sunday Times
Both men are crisscrossing battleground states they've crisscrossed countless times already.
Education has become a political battleground.
In the brain teasers section, you'll find games that kids can learn to strategise with - battleground games, interlocking puzzles, colour-identification games like Chinese spiel, the mathematical hex game, and the eternal boredom-ridder - tic-tac-toe. The Hindu - Front Page
Obviously corporates will be allowed to fly their banners and flags to mark off their piece of the battleground.
Toddlers from the age of 18 months have a real surge of independence, and food can become a battleground, so resist the urge to force-feed your child.
If the politics of naked greed and devil-take-the-hindmost are blown away, then the future battleground is more progressive, between centre and centre-left.
PROPERTY will be a key battleground in the general election and a controversial one for investors in the months ahead. Times, Sunday Times
The economy emerged yesterday as a key battleground in the British general election with Labour vaunting its financial competence while the opposition Conservatives promised hefty tax cuts.
One can easily be convinced of our view about history if one realizes that history and symptomatology is actually a conscious concomitant of the neurological, neurohormonal effects of the disease process/or its background/playground/battleground. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
But, really, the smart political money in this race, you always want your base to show up, but the battleground is over the Independents in this race. Election Day Preview
The greatest contest is always with the enemy within,and that battleground can be the loneliest place on earth.
The key battleground states of Arizona and New Mexico, have elected Democratic governors since the 2000 presidential race.
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
This survey will argue that disgruntlement persists because Brazil is a battleground between progress and inertia.
Sport should be a unifying force, not a political battleground. Times, Sunday Times
I'd go back in the summers and house-sit for a family, and I'd work at Battleground Country Club cleaning clubs, helping around the shop, putting bags on carts.
With the presidential election poised on a knife-edge, both camps have turned their attention not only to the key mid-western battlegrounds but also to the south-western states of the US.
Forget garden fences, extensions or leylandii - helipads are the new battleground for rowing neighbours.
The most conspicuous battleground in this prolonged conflict over the locus of control was the procedure for placing contracts.
Power to the people is the new battleground of politics. Times, Sunday Times
The ITC is a crucial battleground for many technology companies because it has the ability to bar imports if it finds manufacturers guilty. A Loss for Apple in Motorola Suit
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
The greatest contest is always with the enemy within,and that battleground can be the loneliest place on earth.
Expectations that GM will continue posting record profits also could help the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, who is touting the auto bailout as a great success, especially in Rust Belt battleground states. Target at Post-Bailout GM: Earning $10 Billion a Year
Successive governments attack our education system, which has been a constant political battleground. Times, Sunday Times
These areas are seen as the new battleground in the war on terror. Times, Sunday Times
His missions with the 116th Assault Helicopter Company often involved dropping into a battleground to unload soldiers after helicopter gunships had "prepped" the zone with a torrent of rockets and machine-gun fire. THE NEWS BLOG
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
Both Mr Dowd and Mr Sosnik forecast that whoever wins two of the three big battlegrounds will probably be the next president.
The next battleground would be the cobbles. Times, Sunday Times
In office, Mr Obama moved quickly to scale back what his aides had dubbed "Bush's war" and to shift the Pentagon's focus to Afghanistan and its border with Pakistan, which he called the neglected battleground in the fight against al Qaeda. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
That is the battleground of the next election. Times, Sunday Times
The Ryder Cup has not just been a battleground for the rival teams, the competition has also fuelled some bitter internal feuds.
Then they will get into the serious mountains tomorrow when this intriguing race goes into a new kind of battleground. Times, Sunday Times
Obviously corporates will be allowed to fly their banners and flags to mark off their piece of the battleground.
One battleground in the debate is the issue of whether biotechnology threatens sustainable agriculture.
Yesterday was another busy one for statewide polling, including four new surveys in battleground states from the CNN/Time polling partnership, though the most intriguing new numbers come from Alaska, where two new polls show considerable support for the write-in candidacy of incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. Alaska Polls: Murkowski Has Support But Will Voters Write Her In?
For all the political posturing, the battleground issues between the parties are relatively few. Times, Sunday Times
But Daytona Beach's bacchanalian atmosphere is part of the allure for domestic missionaries -- it's what's called "battleground evangelism. Where Would Jesus Spend Spring Break?
He quoted from scripture and preached from the pulpits of black churches in the cities of key battleground states.
Next generation products, as they are called, are the new battleground for tobacco multinationals. Times, Sunday Times
One typical Fox story highlighted by Stewart commented insinuatingly that Barack Obama is ahead right now in many of the battleground states — the same states where investigations are under way for voter fraud. Jon Stewart: Fox Ignoring ‘Clusterf#@k to the Poor House’ | Disinformation
The fate of this world lies in the hands (literally) of a few unlikely heroes: They are the Original Video Game World Champions and the arcade is their battleground. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
Shamuyarira said the government had distributed more food relief to Matabeleland, which is shaping up as a key battleground for the parliamentary elections, because it was severely affected by drought and added that the government was ready to release figures on food hand-outs. ANC Daily News Briefing
The real battleground will involve our watery emotions mixing with fiery impulses.
He has been to Democrat strongholds, Republican bastions and across the battleground states of the Midwest.
The house-building sector is the perfect battleground for these two emotions.
These sites have become the new battleground in a noholds-barred cyberwar. Times, Sunday Times
The most decisive battleground will be the ideological one.
Social media seems the new battleground. Times, Sunday Times
The climax of the case has become a battleground in the ratings war between the Seven and Nine networks.
During the final yomp through the election battlegrounds, David Cameron will be adapting the motto of the SAS. The British don't need to be hung up about a hung parliament
That ‘something’ may have been flagged up by the controversy and, no matter who was in the wrong there, I think it pointed ominously to a new battleground behind the scenes.
In key races, in battleground states that Obama won easily in 2008, he has been the point person for re-engaging the disaffected base, particularly in urban areas. Obama makes closing arguments before Election Day
One big problem with using the past to predict the future is that the real battlegrounds differ dramatically from election to election.
It is a battleground between tech giants, determined to retain access and ownership over you and your data. Times, Sunday Times
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground.
Women in most (including Western) cultures are required to embody the ethnicity of a culture and our bodies become the battlegrounds for conflicts between men of different cultural groups.
The narrowbody market for planes with between 100 and 200 seats is the key battleground for the industry, with the duopoly between Airbus and Boeing Co. in the sector set to end over the next few years. Airbus Dominates
For the billboard, Kruger plastered her ‘Your body is a battleground’ slogan across a black and white photograph of a woman's horror-stricken face.
The trend has led phone companies to turn the home into a new battleground. Times, Sunday Times
Some suits already have been filed, and platoons of lawyers and other legal watchdogs are standing by in battleground states like Wisconsin just in case.
Either way, looks have become a battleground. Times, Sunday Times
And China, the heat battleground that becomes 3 D to contend for battle.
The dinner table had become our favorite battleground.
The president also made phone calls to boost the morale of activists and party organizers in battleground states such as Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico and his native Hawaii. Rhetoric Is Sharp to the End
In mid-September, NOM filed a lawsuit against the New York Board of Elections, declaring its intent to once again funnel undisclosed sums of money into political campaigns in key battleground states. Evan Wolfson: National Organization for Marriage, What Are You Hiding?
Marriage is likely to be a political battleground at the next general election. Times, Sunday Times
One battleground in the debate is the issue of whether biotechnology threatens sustainable agriculture.
The ideological battleground of the Cold War stretched far and wide and Africa was not an exception.
Education has become a political battleground.
Neither side moved or said a word, as the flow of men stopped and silence took hold of the battlegrounds.
Successful generals study the battleground and look for that one bold stroke that is least expected by the enemy. THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING
This contest is primarily a war of turnout in a dozen or so battleground states.
For millennia, Earth had served as an arena, the battleground for an unrelenting conflict between the forces of heaven and hell.
The political spectrum has become narrower with the ideological battleground moving to the right.
Some believe the Midwest is the real battleground for 2004, with every industrial state in the region haemorrhaging jobs.
In office, Obama moved quickly to scale back what his aides had dubbed "Bush's war" and to shift the Pentagon's focus to Afghanistan and its border with Pakistan, which he called the neglected battleground in the fight against al Qaeda. Reuters: Top News
Children's literature is an ideological battleground.
Bodies and rotting vegetation, like a day-old battleground upcountry. VITALS
Equality of the races and of the sexes have become continuing battlegrounds.
How the parties deal with that once it happens is turning out to be a battleground in many cases.
Kim Beazley is right to expose the tax cuts as being skewed to the haves over the have-nots, but he is wrong to make it his battleground.
And, measured by the number of delegates at stake, the next, the pivotal battleground would be New York.
The poll was one of a dozen commissioned by the Capitol newspaper in battleground races, and it contained just the latest signs of trouble for Dahlkemper, a freshman buffeted by a poor political climate and her vote in favor of the health care overhaul. Kelly up 13 points in new poll
The bedroom becomes a litmus test, be it a battleground or an unspoken arena of seething resentment. Times, Sunday Times
The Taj Mahal was the last battleground after three days of intense fighting in various parts of the city of 18 million. ITN Headlines
In the process he established the battleground for the next general election. Times, Sunday Times
The greatest contest is always with the enemy within,and that battleground can be the loneliest place on earth.
Both are now looking for a Plan B and I suspect that the next crucial battleground will be local government reform and devolution to smaller and more powerful councils.
Battleground states in yellow could tilt the election either way.
The team will become the battleground on which they seek individual significance. Christianity Today
The debt of gratitude owed to veterans of the Second World War is to be partially repaid through a £10m scheme allowing them to visit the foreign battlegrounds where they fought.
ALL three major parties have now made education one of the key battlegrounds where they will fight the next General Election.
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For many people, food has become a battleground between them and their carer and can cause untold anguish. Times, Sunday Times
Lesley Vainikolo also left the Belle Vue battleground early but his double vision from a poke in the eye will not keep him out of this Friday's visit to The Shay to take on Halifax.
Like elections in the United States and Europe, Canadian elections are ideological battlegrounds.
We do not want it to become a political battleground. Times, Sunday Times
This is smaller than in the Rust Belt battlegrounds, where 26 percent to 34 percent of voters belong to union households, but that 20 percent may still make a difference. John Russo: Right-to-Work Laws and Working-Class Voters: Another Teachable Moment
But right up to that moment, the main battleground was verbal and psychological. David Nichtern: 3 Levels of Tolerance and What They Mean for Bullying
The transformation scene — in which the living room becomes a toybox battleground — has a fabulous ingenuity. Times, Sunday Times
If everyone were a loot ninja, people wouldn't group because of the unfairness; if everyone were a gold farmer, there'd be no-one to sell gold to; if everyone used exploits in a battleground, the battlegrounds would only contain people who thought one-shotting and being one-shotted was fun. Twixt
The standing of the empire is the most contentious historiographical battleground in British public discourse, and Kwasi Kwarteng has tossed a grenade into the struggle with "Ghosts of Empire. Now That The Sun Has Set
Both men are crisscrossing battleground states they've crisscrossed countless times already.
That looks as though it might be the next battleground. Times, Sunday Times
His mind was a battleground of perplexities and implications.
The title challenges a maximum of eight players to sail across a hex-based oceanic battleground, capturing towns with their upgradeable ship avatars. *Shacknews* Games
In House races, the region is a top battleground with Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania accounting for $20 million in general-election spending already this cycle. Voters still want pork in their home districts
Nor do I know what would have happened had Karl Rove not decided to push the gay marriage bans in battleground states, which he knew would turn out his base of evangelical voters. Matthew Yglesias » What Might Have Been
Well, it's come down to this: two candidates, seven battlegrounds, two percentage points, mere hours to go.
In this context the derogatory concept "twink" becomes honorary, and while everybody hate meeting twinks in the battlegrounds, having them on our side is not a social stigma, but a nice convenience. Archive 2006-10-01
From the snowy fields of Iowa and New Hampshire to the crowded tarmacs of key battleground states to the steps of the Capitol on Inauguration Day, President Obama made clear that transitioning to a clean energy economy and tackling the challenge of global warming would be among his top priorities. Gene Karpinski: President Obama Earns B&#43 on First Year Report Card
• Sen. John McCain doled out more than $2 million from his 2-year-old PAC to GOP candidates and conservative causes in key primary and battleground states in the 2005-06 election cycle. Hopefuls find way to raise funds earlier
As for his ties to his onetime rival Bush, McCain stressed that he is not trying to distance himself in the fall to win over independents, who are a key part of the electorate in battlegrounds such as New Hampshire and Oregon. McCain: I won't run from Bush in '08 race
Some believe the Midwest is the real battleground for 2004, with every industrial state in the region haemorrhaging jobs.
The concentrated battleground of the drug war has been on domestic soil, with America's so-called interdiction efforts spreading the fight across the world, from poppy-rich Afghanistan to the coca-nurturing Andes to the most brutal battlefield of them all, Mexico, which saw more than 5,600 drug-related murders last year, including several that involved publicly displayed decapitations AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
By the time I got there in the second half of the twentieth century, Coopers was a bizarre battleground; a freakish blend of public school-style tradition and modern yobbery. Fathers & Sons
Food has become another battleground. The Sun
Voters in battleground districts strongly favor legislation that would let congressional campaigns be funded by the public, according to a new survey released Tuesday by Lake Research Partners. Public Funding Of Congressional Campaigns Widely Favored
Education has become a political battleground.
He saw her falter under his stare, those veiled dark eyes showing bouts of undecideness and mistrust, the sepia battlegrounds of conflicting desires.
The Globe is running a report every night, it appears, reporting on the Strategic Counsel's running poll of what they term battleground ridings. Progressive Bloggers
Podcasting seems like the battleground of public vs. private – I could write you a thesis on public vs private on land usage, squatting and rambling since that’s one of my partner’s favourite political footballs and I get the earbashing; but to some extent those areas have been delineated over time even though there is a constant tug o’war there. Public vs Private, 2003 vs 2005
In these circles, the endless luncheons and dinners of rich foods and rare wines were battlegrounds of ambition, where gossip was often the weapon of choice.
Food Wars" (9 p.m. Tuesday) is "cheesier" than ever thanks to its latest battleground: StarTribune.com rss feed
The robocalls are reported to be part of a $70 m get-out-the-vote campaign being waged by the Republican party and the McCain campaign in key battleground states.
The absolute magnetic power about architecture and design is that it is about human experience, [so] the idea that the home might be a battleground had this very powerful way of capturing the imagination," says cocurator David Crowley. Designed To Chill
Bodies and rotting vegetation, like a day-old battleground upcountry. VITALS
For the past decade this Jugendstil masterpiece has been a battleground for the four sisters who inherited it, even as they seek to protect the coveted private property from the ravages of decay, pollution, theft and the prying eyes of the public. An Enchanted House Becomes a Family's Curse
Children's literature is an ideological battleground.
As the Obama campaign looks at the polling, looks at the key battleground states across the country, they see one of their issues right now some would say is a weakness is what they call swing women voters. CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2008
The greatest contest is always with the enemy within,and that battleground can be the loneliest place on earth.
Values and ideologies certainly did play a role in affecting voter decisions, but to label the contest an ‘ideological battleground’ requires downplaying or ignoring the veil of flimflammery and flapdoodle behind which the political parties all too often concealed their ideas.
Such was the importance of the sector that it regularly became an ideological battleground that boiled over into conflict.
Police have announced a new battleground for their war on anti-social behaviour in the borough.
The issue of healthcare will be a key battleground in the presidential campaign. Times, Sunday Times
The TV spot, called “Health Care Action,” is playing in Iowa, a sign that the McCain team thinks the Hawkeye State could be a battleground state in the fall. McCain’s Health Care Ad - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
The battleground was a classic parliamentary - executive conflict about accountability.
I think the reader would be amused if he could see the papers on my desk as I write all this, the mangled and disfigured pages, the experimental arrangements of notes, the sheets of suggestions balanced in constellations, the blottesque intellectual battlegrounds over which Tono Bungay

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