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Recent Examples of toehold
The London planetree, the most common street tree in New York, is particularly known for its resilience and fast growth rate, and any of its offspring could quickly find a toehold in a deteriorating asphalt parking lot.
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Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
The Allied forces were able to gain a toehold in France that ultimately enabled them to liberate that country and march toward Germany.
—Medianews Group, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
What this means for the United States is that countries covertly or openly opposed to the maintenance and expansion of U.S. influence—whether globally or within its own hemisphere—are gaining more than a toehold.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
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Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
The Allied forces were able to gain a toehold in France that ultimately enabled them to liberate that country and march toward Germany.
—Medianews Group, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
What this means for the United States is that countries covertly or openly opposed to the maintenance and expansion of U.S. influence—whether globally or within its own hemisphere—are gaining more than a toehold.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toehold
Noun
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Since then, the British government has worked tirelessly to carve out a deal that satisfies Mauritius without losing its defensive foothold.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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Learning to use the tools could help graduates secure a foothold in a workforce where the use of AI is causing companies to streamline their operations, reducing plans to hire new employees.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Playing on a Rockets team with playoff aspirations, Sheppard struggled to find his footing and earn a rotation spot from head coach Ime Udoka.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Despite these fears, Starmer’s Labour government came to power with a pledge to put UK relations with China on a firmer footing.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Toehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toehold. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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