high ground

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Recent Examples of high ground This is a key factor in protective planning: What structures have a line of sight to the protectee, especially if that also includes high ground, a window, or a rooftop. Rachel Clarke, CNN, 16 July 2024 The incumbent, once viewed as having a moral high ground, now faces calls to step aside and questions about whether his White House has concealed a diminished candidate. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024 In fact, Xi has made seizing the nationalist high ground—in order to deny it to his opponents—a hallmark of his rule. Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019 Meanwhile, as Democratic electeds moved to the political high ground, the 45th president was having little of that. Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high ground 
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Noun
  • If González’s advantage over Dalmau prevails, the pro-statehood New Progressive Party would make history as the first in Puerto Rico to secure a third consecutive term.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • These are the kind of advantages that traditionally belong to the winner.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Greg Alder has had great success growing raspberries on the eastern edge of large trees.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Ribbons marked the edge of the area that will be logged.
    April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Republicans led by former President Donald Trump still have an upper hand, largely because the GOP is still seen as the party with stronger free-market allegiances.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Its products have been credited as key to Turkey gaining an upper hand in its fight against Kurdish militants.
    Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

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“High ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20ground. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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