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

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

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

For whatever reason, the immediate goal had been accomplished: after decades of struggle, black students had finally gained a toehold in the most cherished white institutions of power and prestige.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson