toehold

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Recent Examples of toehold 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 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 See All Example Sentences for toehold
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Noun
  • China conducted military exercises in Serbia in July despite stern warnings from the European Union, and Belgrade provides Beijing with a security foothold in Europe.
    Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Create footholds for bats to roost.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The father and son were caught in a storm, lost their footing, and fell to their deaths along the trail.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And as the team finds its footing on the field this season, Pudge has found legions of fans, both in and outside of the locker room.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

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