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
Like country music, the Christian music industry is based in Nashville, Tenn., and this has helped faith-based artists gain new footholds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Sweden has now joined Nato, meaning that eight Nato countries now border the Baltic Sea where Russia maintains two strategic footholds, in St Petersburg and Kaliningrad.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024
The attackers seek to gain footholds and quickly dig in to consolidate their limited advance.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
They walked from one patch to another, using the weeds as footholds.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
