toehold

Example Sentences

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The hurdles are even higher for lower-income families trying to get a toehold in the housing market.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

This time around, she said, they’re just trying to find a toehold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

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 • Sep. 5, 2025

Her ambitions have a toehold in reality — she dreams of someday managing a Norms franchise — so it’s no shock that her big job interview is scheduled that very afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

"I need Balon Swann and the Hound to lead sorties, to make certain Stannis gets no toehold on our side of the Blackwater."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin