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Line</b>, or <b>LINE</b> may also refer to: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1044870489">@media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .tocright{display:none}.mw-parser-output .tocright{width:100%!important}}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocright{float:right;clear:right;width:auto;margin:0 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-none{clear:none}}</style><div class="tocright"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts,_entertainment,_and_media"><span id="Arts.2C_entertainment.2C_and_media"></span>Arts, entertainment, and media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Arts, entertainment, and media"><span>edit</span></a><span 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film</li> <li><i>The Line</i>, a 2009 independent film by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Schwartzman" title="Nancy Schwartzman">Nancy Schwartzman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcasts">Podcasts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Podcasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(podcast)" title="The Line (podcast)"><i>The Line</i> (podcast)</a>, 2021 by Dan Taberski</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_(comics)" title="Line (comics)">Line (comics)</a>, a term to describe a subset of comic book series by a publisher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(play)" title="Line (play)"><i>Line</i> (play)</a>, by Israel Horovitz, 1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(poetry)" title="Line (poetry)">Line (poetry)</a>, the fundamental unit of poetic composition</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lines_(poem)" title="Lines (poem)">"Lines" (poem)</a>, an 1837 poem by Emily Brontë</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(memoir)" title="The Line (memoir)"><i>The Line</i> (memoir)</a>, by Arch and Martin Flanagan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(play)" title="The Line (play)"><i>The Line</i> (play)</a>, by Timberlake Wertenbaker, 2009</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Albums">Albums</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lines_(The_Walker_Brothers_album)" title="Lines (The Walker Brothers album)"><i>Lines</i> (The Walker Brothers album)</a>, 1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lines_(Pandelis_Karayorgis_album)" title="Lines (Pandelis Karayorgis album)"><i>Lines</i> (Pandelis Karayorgis album)</a>, 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lines_(Unthanks_album)" title="Lines (Unthanks album)"><i>Lines</i> (Unthanks album)</a>, 2018</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Songs">Songs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Line (song)">"Line" (song)</a>, 2017 single by Triana Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lines_(song)" title="Lines (song)">"Lines" (song)</a>, 1976 single by The Walker Brothers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(Foo_Fighters_song)" title="The Line (Foo Fighters song)">"The Line" (Foo Fighters song)</a>, 2017</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(Lisa_Stansfield_song)" title="The Line (Lisa Stansfield song)">"The Line" (Lisa Stansfield song)</a>, 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(Raye_song)" title="The Line (Raye song)">"The Line" (Raye song)</a>, 2017</li> <li>"Line", 2018 song by The Story So Far from <i><a href="/wiki/Proper_Dose" title="Proper Dose">Proper Dose</a></i></li> <li>"LINE", 2015 single by <a href="/wiki/Sukima_Switch" title="Sukima Switch">Sukima Switch</a></li> <li>"Lines", 2007 song by Dead Letter Circus from <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Letter_Circus_(EP)" title="Dead Letter Circus (EP)">Dead Letter Circus</a></i></li> <li>"The Line", 2010 single by <a href="/wiki/Battles_(band)" title="Battles (band)">Battles</a></li> <li>"The Line", 2000 song by Sadist from <i><a href="/wiki/Lego_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lego (album)">Lego</a></i></li> <li>"The Line", 1995 song by Bruce Springsteen from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Tom_Joad" title="The Ghost of Tom Joad">The Ghost of Tom Joad</a></i></li> <li>"The Line", a 2024 <a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Twenty_One_Pilots" title="List of songs recorded by Twenty One Pilots">song recorded by Twenty One Pilots</a> for <i>Arcane</i> season two</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_uses_in_music">Other uses in music</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other uses in music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_(melody)" class="mw-redirect" title="Line (melody)">Line (melody)</a>, a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Line (music)">Line (music)</a> or part, a strand or melody of music played by an individual instrument or voice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(game_show)" title="The Line (game show)"><i>The Line</i> (game show)</a>, a 2014 American game show</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(TV_series)" title="The Line (TV series)"><i>The Line</i> (TV series)</a>, a Canadian television series</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line_(Heroes)" title="The 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or image resolution</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_Corporation" title="Line Corporation">Line Corporation</a>, a Tokyo-based technology company <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_(software)" title="Line (software)">Line (software)</a>, a social messaging application operated by Line Corporation</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military">Military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land_warfare">Land warfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Land warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_(formation)" title="Line (formation)">Line (formation)</a>, standard tactical formation of forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">Line infantry</a>, line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"</li> <li>Lines, another word for <a href="/wiki/Fortifications" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortifications">fortifications</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sea_warfare">Sea warfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sea warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_battle" title="Line of battle">Line of battle</a>, in naval warfare, a line of warships</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_officer" title="Line officer">Line officer</a>, (naval) officer qualified to command a vessel</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span 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Lines">Frederick Thomas Lines</a> (1808–1898)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Harris_Lines" title="Henry Harris Lines">Henry Harris Lines</a> (1800 or 1801–1889)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places">Places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Line&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADn%C4%9B" title="Líně">Líně</a>, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lines%C3%B8ya" title="Linesøya">Linesøya</a>, an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Norway</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia" title="The Line, Saudi Arabia">The Line, Saudi Arabia</a>, a planned city in Saudi Arabia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_Islands" title="Line Islands">Line Islands</a>, an island group in the central Pacific</li> <li><a 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