Definition of "battleground" []

• See battlefield. (noun)

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• "The Globe is running a report every night, it appears, reporting on the Strategic Counsel's running poll of what they term battleground ridings."
• "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."
• "But right up to that moment, the main battleground was verbal and psychological."