How to Use gain ground on in a Sentence

gain ground on

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  • Unable to gain ground on Bass or the rest of the field, Feuer dropped out a few days after Buscaino.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
  • Portland's win over Memphis was huge, helping the Blazers gain ground on the Grizzlies for eighth in the West.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Mikhail and Ilya did not fight together, but found themselves in the same push to gain ground on Sunday.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Here are five specific ways to gain ground on social media before the start of the year.
    — David Villa, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Does Auburn now have a better chance to gain ground on Alabama and Georgia thanks to Freeze?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 1 June 2023
  • Does Auburn now have a better chance to gain ground on Alabama and Georgia thanks to Freeze?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 1 June 2023
  • The 26-year-old will face the Pirates in a matinee as Philadelphia tries to gain ground on first-place Atlanta.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Milder weather is helping the fire fight as crews continue to gain ground on many of the major incidents.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Rittenhouse stopped briefly and pointed his gun at Rosenbaum, who continued to gain ground on him.
    — Christy Gutowski, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The deals make Google among the most aggressive of several big companies seeking to gain ground on Amazon.com Inc., the cloud market leader.
    — Aaron Tilley, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2021
  • There are still 40 games remaining, which may allow the Stars enough time to gain ground on an overachieving Chicago Blackhawks team for a playoff spot.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Several of the reports credited cooler, moister weather for allowing crews to gain ground on the blazes.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2021
  • Winning this weekend’s series will allow UO to gain ground on the loser of the Wildcats-Cardinal series and a sweep will likely mean closing the gap on both.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 May 2021
  • The other way in which smaller challenger banks can use M&A to emulate and gain ground on the industry leaders is by expanding along the value chain.
    — Paul-Noël Guély, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • The pleas highlighted the growing concerns in Ukraine and among its allies that even as its forces gain ground on the battlefield, the onset of winter will bring new difficulties.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Milwaukee also lost a golden opportunity to gain ground on St. Louis in the standings.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The humidity, however, should help firefighters gain ground on active fires and prevent some new fires from starting.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2020
  • DeSantis may sense a rare opportunity to gain ground on the former president, given that Trump's loss in the state's 2016 caucuses briefly set Trump back on his heels in the race for the nomination.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • DeSantis may sense a rare opportunity to gain ground on the former president, given that Trump's loss in the state's 2016 caucuses briefly set Trump back on his heels in the race for the nomination.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • The Stars, last season’s Stanley Cup runner-up, are trying to gain ground on the playoff picture after enduring postponements because of the pandemic and the weather.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The improvements come as streaming continues to gain ground on traditional TV viewing.
    — Sahil Patel, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2020
  • By splitting most of its two-game series, the Wild has struggled to gain ground on its competition, a neutralizing effect of division-only play that's created a logjam among the eight squads.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Some observers interpreted the data as a signal that Sweeney could gain ground on Peltola, who did especially well in her home region of rural Southwest Alaska.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
  • This holiday season represents a real opportunity for faux-meat producers to gain ground on the Thanksgiving table.
    — Kate Krader, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2021

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