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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
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
There are at least two other compressed-air energy startups looking to get a toehold in the market for long-duration energy storage.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2013
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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
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
There are at least two other compressed-air energy startups looking to get a toehold in the market for long-duration energy storage.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Sep. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toehold
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Rebuilding, One Colony at a Time From that precarious low point of 35 animals in 1982, conservationists have worked to gradually expand the species’ foothold.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Only recently have those fleeing the AKP government itself begun to establish a foothold in the diaspora.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Washington has made a slight improvement on defense, especially as a rim protector, but there’s more room for Washington to regain his footing during the final quarter of the season.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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As new arrivals tried to find their footing, a tide of homicides and drug dealing swept in.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Toehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toehold. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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