as in battlefield
a place where a battle takes place
the verdant hill suddenly turned into a bloody battleground
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Recent Examples of battleground
Small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending is emerging as a strategic battleground.
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Ravi Gedela,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Ossoff reiterated his focus on the battleground race, and said issues like who could lead the Senate under a Democratic majority could be flushed out later.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Kean, heir to a 250-year New Jersey political dynasty, now faces Democrat Rebecca Bennett in a high-profile battleground race.
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Mike Catalini,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Today’s primaries will also decide the November ballot for the state’s battleground 8th District.
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Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
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Ravi Gedela,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Ossoff reiterated his focus on the battleground race, and said issues like who could lead the Senate under a Democratic majority could be flushed out later.
—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Kean, heir to a 250-year New Jersey political dynasty, now faces Democrat Rebecca Bennett in a high-profile battleground race.
—
Mike Catalini,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Today’s primaries will also decide the November ballot for the state’s battleground 8th District.
—
Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battleground
battlefield
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But they’re used to an older style of war, fought on open battlefields.
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Shakespeare’s haughty Roman war hero, revered on the battlefield yet reviled by hungry plebeians, becomes the flash point in a young democracy tearing itself apart over power and sacrifice.
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