beachheads

plural of beachhead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachheads
Noun
  • Create footholds for bats to roost.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Despite a bloody war fought between the two neighbors from 1980 to 1988, Baghdad remains one of Tehran's few remaining footholds in the region.
    Emma Graham, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Kansas City’s reparations movement is moving ahead on two fronts, one rooted in community storytelling, the other in formal policy research.
    J.M. Banks November 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Feith wanted to keep export controls in place, on national-security grounds.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Guests can wander through Wednesday and Enid’s dorm, Principal Weems’ office, the biology lab, festival grounds, the halls of Nevermore Academy and cursed carnival rides.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Russian casualties have risen largely because of a change in the nature of the front lines over the last year.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The situation at the front lines indicates the opposite.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Beachheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachheads. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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