as in base
a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made
don't let the opposing team push us back down the field and gain a foothold
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Recent Examples of foothold
And at the center of it all, on the sport’s biggest stage, is a literal mom-and-pop shop that, less than a decade and a half ago, was struggling to find a foothold in football as anything but a joke.
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Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for years, with more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich area near the border with Rwanda.
—Ruth Alonga, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
The opportunity to gain a foothold in Europe will be too good (and too low cost) to pass up.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
However, key fentanyl smuggling routes, which were initially established in San Diego as the synthetic opioid gained its foothold in the U.S. drug market, have appeared to shift east to Arizona.
—Kristina Davis, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for years, with more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich area near the border with Rwanda.
—Ruth Alonga, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024
The opportunity to gain a foothold in Europe will be too good (and too low cost) to pass up.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
However, key fentanyl smuggling routes, which were initially established in San Diego as the synthetic opioid gained its foothold in the U.S. drug market, have appeared to shift east to Arizona.
—Kristina Davis, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foothold
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As Clarkson suggests, Amazon may need to either shift Haul's sourcing to a US base or restructure its fee model to attract Temu sellers - effectively choosing between competing priorities.Kiri Masters, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Greene said the party didn't do enough work to energize this base.Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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Humor — both black and camp — is the key here, unlike the often-leaden film which relied on special effects rather than a sharp script and knowing comic direction for its wow factor.Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, and it was used to place noncitizens from Japan, Germany and Italy in internment camps.Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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With no end to the war in sight and lacking effective air defense, Kharkiv gradually has turned from a fortress of resilience into a fortress of solitude.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The only representations they were allowed were through mass media or images of migrants on canoes collapsing in front of European fortresses.Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Foothold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foothold. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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