footing

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Others said they had been able to pay off medical bills, feel less pressure to work long overtime hours and overall had gained more firm financial footing in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

"Some of the resilience just comes from the fact that we were on a pretty strong footing," she said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The DfE said it had "taken action to put the sector on a secure financial footing", by raising the maximum cap on tuition fees and refocusing the Office for Students to support universities' financial stability.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Bruce Hornsby, a Virginia pianist and later a sideman with the Grateful Dead, was rejected some 70 times by the music industry before he found his professional footing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I walked down in the red glow, with my right hand on the stone wall to keep my footing.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King