springboard

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There’s two Loyola High athletes, sprinter Zion Phelps and 400 runner Ejam Yohannes, who hope to use Arcadia as a springboard to continue their early success this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Rather than those games against Manchester City and Arsenal being an awful start, they proved to be a springboard.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

That comment could be the springboard for “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture,” at the Frick Collection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

It first broke beneath the 200 day in late January, a level that had acted as a powerful springboard last April, marking a notable shift in character.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

So together, Reader and Vincent used HeLa cells as the springboard to launch the first industrial-scale, for-profit cell distribution center.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot