foothold
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It was a clear message to Delta Air Lines, which has been developing a foothold for years, that it is going to fight for lucrative international travelers in the bustling corporate hub it calls home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Beijing hopes the domestically produced plane will reduce China's reliance on foreign technology and help it gain a foothold in the global market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Looking back, he gained a foothold in mainstream politics only because of the humiliating defeat of Kamala Harris, and the soul-searching that followed.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Anthropic vaulted ahead of OpenAI by seizing on a lucrative niche—developing world-leading AI coding tools—instead of looking for a foothold in mass-market AI where it would challenge Google and other tech heavyweights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Those who supported the treaty believed the Philippines would serve as a doorway through which the US could gain a financial and strategic foothold in Asia, thus extending the American empire.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He cited Texas-based petroleum companies Murphy Oil and Apache Oil, a subsidiary of APA, as firms that have already established international footholds.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Like country music, the Christian music industry is based in Nashville, Tenn., and this has helped faith-based artists gain new footholds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
In 1771, Spanish priests tasked with establishing church footholds in the region decided to build what would become the San Gabriel Mission near the village.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Sweden has now joined Nato, meaning that eight Nato countries now border the Baltic Sea where Russia maintains two strategic footholds, in St Petersburg and Kaliningrad.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
They walked from one patch to another, using the weeds as footholds.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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