springboard

Example Sentences

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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

He hit headlines in the 1990 games after striking and cutting his head on the springboard while competing.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

And then from there we were able to springboard into the text of the scenes, but we’d already created this foundation of their lives together and their relationships.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Farmer used my word as a springboard for another narration of Haiti.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French