Thesaurus results for BRIDGEHEADS

bridgeheads

noun

plural of bridgehead

as in bases

a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made established a bridgehead on the beach before beginning the land invasion

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Recent Examples of bridgeheads Ukraine has sought to derail the Kremlin’s plans by launching counterattacks in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, where Russian forces have sought to carve out bridgeheads with an aim to advance toward the regional capitals, which are key industrial hubs. — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

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Although Turkey maintains several bases in northern Iraq for operations against the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, the Bashiqa camp is Turkey's furthest base from its border.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
His 40 steals are a career high after swiping 35 bases last year.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bases

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The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement.

— Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
One that could truly turn water into the biggest floating fortresses the world has ever seen.

— Mike McRae September 16, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortresses

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His memoir, released Tuesday, details his early life fleeing Vietnam with his father, time in refugee camps, his life as a child actor and his triumphant return to the screen.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Many are crowded into sprawling tent camps lacking basic sanitation.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of camps

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Some went to cities that have long been magnets for immigrants — New York, Miami — but increasingly, others found their way to smaller cities with less developed immigrant footholds.

— Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The eldest among them had established early footholds in their careers before COVID hit.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of footholds

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The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Other stations along the Jersey Shore have reported wind gusts of 60 mph or more.

— Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of stations

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Washington can’t stop talking about AI doom scenarios and the public backlash to data centers — but around the world, sentiment toward the fast-moving technology is much more nuanced.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The team has already constructed a working proof-of-concept that measures magnetic fields by reading the spin states of the NV centers.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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