gaining ground

However, the notion that some Ukrainian regions currently under Russian control may not return to Kyiv is gaining ground.

The wave of arrests, which reportedly went on overnight and are expected to continue, reflect increased tensions within the military government, with reports that a jihadist insurgency in the north is gaining ground.

But the once controversial theory has been gaining ground among some intelligence agencies - and the BND is the latest to entertain the theory.

In response, a Canadian boycott on U.S. goods is gaining ground.

Some of its 40 members represent seats in the north of England and Midlands which were once Labour heartlands but where first the Conservatives, and now Reform, have been gaining ground.