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