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plural battlegrounds
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. examples
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention quotations examples
And now the two of them are lost in a screaming battleground
1994, Andrew Scott (lyrics and music), “People of the Sky”, in Twice Removed
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention. examples
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state. quotations examples
Mr. Biden, the former vice president, is ahead of Mr. Trump in the Northern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to a poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College.
2020 November 1, “Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows”, in New York Times