foothold
Example Sentences
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Morgan Stanley manages $53 billion in gross real estate assets worldwide and has been building a foothold in industrial hubs near major ports and transportation links.
From Los Angeles Times
After 18 months of besieging el-Fasher, the RSF captured the city - a major victory pushing the army out of its last foothold in the vast Darfur region.
From BBC
"It's a good tactic to get behind enemy lines, to gain a foothold," Sasha says.
From BBC
James jockeyed with Spain in the New World, which gave England a foothold in the North American colonies, but the settlers were poorly supported and left to fight deadly squabbles with the Native Americans.
To avoid starvation, Italian city states traded with grain producers around the Black Sea, unwittingly enabling the deadly bacterium to gain a foothold in Europe.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
