foothold
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The move gives Nvidia an important foothold in the PC market while Microsoft seeks to target AI power users.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now, his latest real estate purchase gives the former governor a substantial new foothold in the Hamptons—complete with enough acreage and amenities to turn his summers into a decidedly resortlike affair.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The RAF is expected to continue flying missions over neighbouring Syria, to prevent the remnants of IS from gaining a foothold.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Primavera, the company Ehrsam co-founded earlier this year, signed production-sharing contracts last week with state-run oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela to secure his foothold there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
His cast scraped along the rough rock face, but his arms were strong from Vola’s training, and he levered himself onto a shallow foothold.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Britain's key military footholds were established along strategic waterways.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Businesses that have long had footholds in downtown neighborhoods are opening in the neighborhood, which spans from 59th to 96th Street between the East River and Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Other than a few Maghreb footholds and a small tropical outpost – today's independent Equatorial Guinea – its colonial expansion in the 16th and 17th Centuries had mainly been directed across the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
The only relief came from irregularly spaced wooden slats drilled into the rock that provided desperately needed footholds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
They walked from one patch to another, using the weeds as footholds.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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