solid ground
Example Sentences
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Finding solid ground, not necessarily common ground, is the motivating mission of most space missions.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
That choice gives you solid ground to abide by your mother’s actions.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026
And snow can obscure the trail entirely, he said — “you think you’re stepping on solid ground and, literally, your whole body drops all the way down to your chest” or, worse, down an embankment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
From Thomas Mann to Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon, novelists have been drawn to the watery labyrinth where solid ground routinely crumbles and where certainty—even identity itself—might dissolve.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
He would be able to descend to solid ground when the river fell farther.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
