springboard
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This is a real springboard opportunity for Arthur to further build his career.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
He helped organize the Fox gig and both men genuinely believe that this could be a springboard into Hollywood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
This game could be a springboard to a series win that would lead to a Western Conference semifinal series in two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
He smelled chlorine from the swimming pool next door, heard the springboard boom.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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
The same year, Bauer and her colleagues demonstrated how two unrelated species in Borneo and the Seychelles evolved lids that, when triggered by rain droplets, act as springboards which catapult insects into their pitchers.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2024
The sawyers would drop lightly from their springboards, crying: "Tim-ber-r-r-r!"
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
