foothold
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When China opened its first overseas air force base this week, a joint facility in isolated Laos, it was sending a signal -- its foreign military foothold is set to grow, analysts said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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
The Chargers, meanwhile, are looking to create more of an offensive foothold in the league and take advantage of having an elite quarterback in Justin Herbert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
A blackbird dropped down onto a privet hedge and, finding no satisfactory foothold, flew away.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
Using his shovel, he dug two footholds in the hole wall.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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