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toehold

[toh-hohld] / ˈtoʊ hoʊld /


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Interior Department resource assessments show enormous NPR-A potential, and these bids hopefully prove the toehold necessary to keep growing that investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

And because the “delicious moments” box is inexpensive — restaurateurs said it costs them between $10 and $15 for a bundle of 50 — it has maintained a strong toehold at local eateries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

They are fully invested in their lives in America, including bracing for the monumental U.S. presidential election in November, yet retain a toehold overseas.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

He spent the agonising winter of 1915 trying to cling on to a toehold at Gallipoli, in an extremely difficult campaign.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

"I need Balon Swann and the Hound to lead sorties, to make certain Stannis gets no toehold on our side of the Blackwater."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin