footing

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“Ukraine is on a much more solid footing because of the technological superiority that they’ve got,” noted Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

Perhaps the scoring woes are over with Plum back in the lineup, but the Sparks still seem a long way off from finding their footing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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

About 100,000 years ago, some Sapiens groups migrated north to the Levant, which was Neanderthal territory, but failed to secure a firm footing.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari