footing

Example Sentences

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Rolling into the restaurant and announcing you won't be footing your friends' booze bill can make you feel like a bit of a buzzkill if others are planning to live it up.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

It is time to face the fact that Gregg failed to put the death penalty on a sound footing and that nothing can improve on Gregg’s frailties.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

With the labor market seemingly on solid footing now, Wall Street will turn its attention to the other side of the Federal Open Market Committee’s dual mandate: price stability.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

But Oman is losing its footing as an Arab nation with whom both sides feel they can do business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Trying to regain his footing, he realized that the firehouse had been pushed from its foundation and was actually moving.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler