footholds
- plural of foothold.
Example Sentences
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He cited Texas-based petroleum companies Murphy Oil and Apache Oil, a subsidiary of APA, as firms that have already established international footholds.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
In du Maurier’s world, the usual footholds by which sanity is maintained are always in danger of being kicked away by circumstance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Other than a few Maghreb footholds and a small tropical outpost – today's independent Equatorial Guinea – its colonial expansion in the 16th and 17th Centuries had mainly been directed across the Atlantic.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
They all agreed on one thing: More secure footholds would be welcome.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
We got footholds on the outside and clung to window posts.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
