groundwork

On his podcasts and elsewhere, Maron has spoken at length about growing up with narcissistic, emotionally detached parents and how that dynamic likely laid the groundwork for his problematic sense of self.

"And I want to do enough groundwork in the next two years that I can take a year off and my career's not gone down the toilet."

That independence is now at risk after the president laid the groundwork for a complex deal for the app that gifted his billionaire allies an unprecedented degree of control over U.S. media.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, he said he had laid the "groundwork" for a deal and that it was for the UK "to get it over the line".

Committed to being an incubator for emerging artists outside of the Hollywood studio system, the Sundance Institute’s labs and mentorship programs laid the ideal groundwork for a pipeline between the non-profit and the festival.