toehold
Example Sentences
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Interior Department resource assessments show enormous NPR-A potential, and these bids hopefully prove the toehold necessary to keep growing that investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
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
They are fully invested in their lives in America, including bracing for the monumental U.S. presidential election in November, yet retain a toehold overseas.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Its only toehold on leadership is two members of Congress out in Eastern Washington.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
At the last moment, I nudge my shoes into the dirt to make a toehold and heave myself to the top.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
