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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Both Seoul and Washington appear keen to use Trump's looming trip to China as a springboard for diplomacy with Pyongyang -- and analysts believe recent sanctions relief could get their foot in the door.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

They would have hoped for that triumph to be a springboard for further success - a platform to grow and continue their upward trajectory under Glasner.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

“What your wife is doing is neither good nor bad. Saints can spring from any soil. Maybe with this money she would do some fine thing. There’s no springboard to philanthropy like a bad conscience.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck