inroad

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“Millions of dollars have been spent on ranges, tracking dogs, cameras, helicopters, fancy alarms and fences, and none of it was bending the curve or making a significant inroad in reducing poaching,” Kuiper said.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

Sale had moments of possession but they conceded eight turnovers and failed to make an inroad on the scoreboard as De Wet and Venter scored further tries for Stormers.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

"These findings bolster prior work that facial stereotypes may have disastrous effects in the real world, but, more importantly, provide a potential inroad toward combating these sorts of biases," Freeman said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

On the Westside, attorney Erin Darling made a marginal inroad in the lead held by fellow attorney Traci Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2022

Some of the nobles have delayed, upon various pretexts, to send their vassals to the general muster on the Borough Muir, preparatory to an inroad upon England, and James cannot urge them on.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various