footing

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Lai said Taiwan is willing to "engage in healthy and orderly exchanges with China" on an equal footing, but insisted "we will not sacrifice our sovereignty and democratic way of life."

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Scott Kaufman, legislative director for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn., believes the legislation is on solid footing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Municipalities are the ones generally left footing the bill.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

For the airlines, cabotage corridors could be established within such high-efficiency regions as the European Union or Singapore, only later expanding as carriers find their footing on the global stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Up the hill we went, on and on, until our arms and legs hurt so much that we kept losing our footing.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall