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

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

Talks about memorandums and a "possible future" of peace hardly seems the kind of solid ground on which lasting deals can be quickly built.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

I have to stand on solid ground again.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth