foothold

Example Sentences

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Just how difficult is it to get a foothold in today’s professional job market?

From The Wall Street Journal

And then when I learned my daddy was gone, too, I slipped into a dark, churning river with no foothold.

From Literature

High-profile layoff announcements spooked workers, who decided to stay with the jobs they have—leaving less room for new workers to get a foothold.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lakurawa established a foothold in the border region a few years ago and hails from areas north of Nigeria in the Sahel.

From BBC

Beijing will not want to jeopardise the fragile trade truce it just signed with the US, but it won't want to lose its foothold in Latin America either.

From BBC