toehold

Example Sentences

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At the last moment, I nudge my shoes into the dirt to make a toehold and heave myself to the top.

From Literature

AI-powered dictation is now gaining a toehold among programmers and regular users – and getting people to talk to their laptops.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s less a takeover than targeted toeholds,” said Craig Singleton, senior director of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ian Murray is Scottish Labour's longest serving MP – indeed for a while he was their only MP, the party's last toehold north of the border.

From BBC

The government's second argument is that without a deal, China would get a toehold in the islands.

From BBC