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Recent Examples of beachhead
With enough skilled personnel, Taiwanese forces could occupy hardened positions along the island’s coast to prevent the PLA from amassing the numbers needed to break out from their beachheads and seize and hold territory farther inland.
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Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Wild Horses has established its beachhead at the end of the year in Petco Park.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But growing concerns in the Trump administration and in Congress about the port – and what some see as its potential to serve as a beachhead for Chinese military activity – formed a backdrop for the visit.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Chatterjee believes that through the rising authoritarian tides, places where people can enjoy one another’s company are a beachhead where organizing can begin.
—Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Wild Horses has established its beachhead at the end of the year in Petco Park.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
But growing concerns in the Trump administration and in Congress about the port – and what some see as its potential to serve as a beachhead for Chinese military activity – formed a backdrop for the visit.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Chatterjee believes that through the rising authoritarian tides, places where people can enjoy one another’s company are a beachhead where organizing can begin.
—Julia Angwin, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachhead
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For the first time, exoskeleton technology is gaining traction and finding a strong foothold among individuals who want to walk and hike more, but could use that extra little push.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Russell was plenty involved Saturday as Real Salt Lake found a foothold in the game deep into the first half.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2025
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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
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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 7 Jul. 2025.
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