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Recent Examples of beachhead
Trump’s only beachhead in the Gulf was a deal with Hussain Sajwani, the tycoon close to Emirati rulers.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Less well-known are the battles during the days and weeks that followed in Normandy, which helped secure the massive beachhead, so the allies could go on and defeat Nazi Germany in World II.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The Sun turned a profit in 2010, a first for The W. All those years when pro women’s basketball struggled to gain a beachhead in the national sports landscape, Connecticut and Mohegan Sun were safe harbor.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
The images of Chinese invasion barges today show that the technology has advanced, but the principle of an operational need for logistical support of a beachhead breakout is the same.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Less well-known are the battles during the days and weeks that followed in Normandy, which helped secure the massive beachhead, so the allies could go on and defeat Nazi Germany in World II.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The Sun turned a profit in 2010, a first for The W. All those years when pro women’s basketball struggled to gain a beachhead in the national sports landscape, Connecticut and Mohegan Sun were safe harbor.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
The images of Chinese invasion barges today show that the technology has advanced, but the principle of an operational need for logistical support of a beachhead breakout is the same.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachhead
Noun
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That is leading to less frequent competition, which is not helpful for a sport that has long struggled to find a foothold among the behemoths of the NFL and the NBA.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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For Hansae, Haiti is not only an additional source of production capacity, but a strategic foothold in Central America, where demand for reliable and cost-competitive manufacturing continues to grow.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Even once a force reaches the far bank, only a small number of soldiers are initially present to secure the bridgehead, often against entrenched defenders with superior firepower and elevation.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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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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“Beachhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachhead. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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