Examples of battleground in a Sentence
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent election cycles have been bleak for Florida Democrats, as the state morphed from key battleground to reliably Republican, but Emily Gregory wasn’t deterred from trying to flip a GOP seat in the state legislature.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 May 2026
The May 19 primaries come as Georgia remains one of the nation’s premier battleground states.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into a national story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026
What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into a national story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 17 May 2026
The May 19 primaries come as Georgia remains one of the nation’s premier battleground states.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into a national story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026
What begins as a shocking small-town incident quickly spirals into a national story, exposing how corruption, politics, and decades-long tensions turned a quaint Kansas community into a battleground over the First and Fourth Amendments.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
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“Battleground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battleground. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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battleground
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bat·tle·ground
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