foothold
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Appeared in the February 2, 2026, print edition as 'China Loses a Foothold in Panama'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
Volunteers at Foothold Cymru said they had seen a spike in referrals for their emergency foodbank and for other help like a children's clothing exchange, and a lunchbox scheme.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022
Megan Locatelli Hyska, 32, is the executive director of Foothold NW, a nonprofit startup that provides information about higher-education finance and helps those in crisis who need help with student loans.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2017
Byzantine Foothold, Byzantine Candor and Byzantine Anchor represent subsets, or various groups, of the overall Chinese cyber espionage threat, the person familiar with the secret tracking effort said.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 13, 2011
Foothold having been secured on the southern bank of the Rappahannock, the army began to cross.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
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