beachhead

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Recent Examples of beachhead But the effort to isolate Qatar has only pushed it closer to Iran, providing Tehran with a beachhead on the southern shores of the Persian Gulf. Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018 The upshot: Australia has now come to serve as a beachhead for others to prepare their own defenses. Charlie Campbell, Time, 3 Apr. 2025 Pushing in behind the investment beachheads are Chinese diplomats, peacekeepers, security contractors, shopkeepers, media enterprises, training and exchange programs, and many other forms of influence. Luke Patey, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020 Wild Horses has established its beachhead at the end of the year in Petco Park. Eric Fuller, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beachhead
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Noun
  • Today, Suntory’s Japanese whisky products have a foothold in many key regions, but the global whisky consumer market has matured significantly over the last decade.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • In the 1930s, vodka gained its first meaningful foothold in the U.S. when a Russian immigrant named Rudolph Kunett brought the Smirnoff brand to Bethel, Conn.
    Time, Time, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • China has already built an impressive bridgehead in Europe with its lead in electric vehicle manufacturing, batteries and charging technology.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • Archaeologists identified the Roman bridgehead fort as a first-of-its-kind find for Austria.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025

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