toehold
Example Sentences
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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
Her ambitions have a toehold in reality — she dreams of someday managing a Norms franchise — so it’s no shock that her big job interview is scheduled that very afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
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
But if factional candidates usually lose, under the right circumstances they can have a big advantage in gaining a toehold in the race.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.