toehold

Example Sentences

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Participants were handed a faixa—a long sash to wrap around their waists to protect their spines and give climbers a toehold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The government's second argument is that without a deal, China would get a toehold in the islands.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Her ambitions have a toehold in reality — she dreams of someday managing a Norms franchise — so it’s no shock that her big job interview is scheduled that very afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

But then the car’s transmission went kaput and she had to take out a costly loan to fix it, and keep her toehold in the middle class.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

"I need Balon Swann and the Hound to lead sorties, to make certain Stannis gets no toehold on our side of the Blackwater."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin