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Recent Examples of toehold
The not-so-subtle launching of Golden Globes/BAFTA/Oscars buzz around this or that theatrical product is difficult to ignite, and the producers need a toehold in North America.
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Doing so required the greatest armada ever assembled — nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes — carrying almost 133,000 troops across the English Channel to establish toeholds on five beaches stretching across 50 miles of the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944.
—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
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Doing so required the greatest armada ever assembled — nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes — carrying almost 133,000 troops across the English Channel to establish toeholds on five beaches stretching across 50 miles of the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toehold
Noun
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In the enlarged vision of the classics slowly taking shape in the American academy, Yanxiao has found an intellectual foothold.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Gradually, her life regained its footing.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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As the two fought for positioning, Toklomati lost his footing, and Biro landed on the back of his leg with his studs.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Toehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toehold. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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