foot
Example Sentences
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“It gave me a foot in the door,” Foote said of her call-center beginnings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
“We are not removing our foot from the pedal,” Netanyahu said in a video address Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
He said: "I felt like we started on the right foot, came with the right attitude, and the car really generally felt great."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Despite the book’s subtitle, Mr. Fitzgerald does not actually travel on foot for the whole trip or even most of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
I haven’t managed to shake the feeling since discovering it, and so I’m already on the back foot when I walk in the classroom.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing foot
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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Poetry: Structure and Meter
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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