springboard
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Middlesbrough have built a reputation in recent years of providing a springboard for promising youngsters.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
So, can this be the springboard for more?
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“These wars served as springboard for the United States to engage in widespread global diplomatic endeavors and allowed them to become a stronger nation as a whole.”
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Even “Straight White Men,” which uses the old home-for-the-holidays genre as a springboard, can’t help spinning away from the drama’s droll hyper-naturalism toward something resembling performance art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Using it as a springboard, he bounced nimbly on to the ramparts and vanished, sucking fiercely at his paw.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Royal hunts served to exercise a kingdom’s military and occasionally as springboards to war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Some who appear on shows such as Love Island - including influencers Molly-Mae Hague and Maura Higgins - use their time in the villa as springboards to far greater success.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Gingrich said he hopes the documents “will inspire future generations not only as historical records, but also as springboards for active participation in our democracy and for embarking on their own intellectual pursuits and citizenship.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Cruise’s snubbed performances in “The Color of Money,” “Rain Man” and “A Few Good Men” were treated as springboards for nominated older stars Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its somersets, but the savage stands on the unelastic plank of famine.
From Walden by Henry David Thoreau
