foothold

Example Sentences

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The gas crisis gave these smaller cars a foothold in the American market that became permanent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

It meant companies were gaining a foothold in the potentially market-upending technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

That brought its year-end total to 596,641 cars, up 43% from 2024, as the retailer continues to gain a foothold in a fragmented used-car market.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Al-Hol is part of a network of camps and prisons holding people who were detained after U.S.-backed forces eliminated Islamic State’s last remaining foothold of territory in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

He had a very weak foothold among the Butt Room crowd, and I had pretty well pushed him off it.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles