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Recent Examples of killing field
One of them is the location of his trove of missing tapes, which some believe detail how his $1 million estate, the Fox Hollow Farm, became his personal killing field.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike.
—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
But these things will only underscore that 1950s auto racing was a brutal killing field.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 Aug. 2023
The province had been one enormous killing field, and there was nothing neat and tidy about the aftermath of a B-52 strike.
—George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
Ten years later, even those who have never set foot near Newtown, Connecticut, can conjure the scene painted by police of a first-grade classroom turned into a killing field.
—Cnn Staff, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killing field
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Even as questions have swirled around emergency preparedness, survivors and families of the missing have extended their thanks to the people on the front lines.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Simultaneously, Russia's larger army is renewing its offensive along segments of the 620-mile front line, putting additional pressure on Ukrainian defenders.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Here’s how the battle lines are being drawn, and why key Republicans are defecting from the party line.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
25 June 2025
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The main battle lines will thus be drawn along the Arctic seabed, in international waters, and en route to outer space.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Jake Cronenworth flared a ball to right-center field that fell in front of diving center fielder Brandon Marsh and then bounced off his glove, allowing Cronenworth to jog into second with a double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Erosion from bulimia often affects the backs of the teeth more than the fronts, since stomach acid typically contacts the inner surfaces first.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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“Killing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killing%20field. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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