inroads
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"This is really the time to make some inroads into figuring out how to slow it down."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Airbnb executives say they hope to make deeper inroads with such tech and have various ventures in the works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Given the first-innings deficit, England had no choice but to find early inroads into the New Zealand top-order.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Nigeria's police and military have long been overstretched: across its north, Africa's most populous country is fighting a long-running jihadist insurgency, complicated by inroads made by militants from the Sahel, and non-ideological "bandit" gangs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
His unrelenting disparagement of Los Alamos had made inroads at the AEC, forcing Bradbury to shuttle to Washington to defend his team.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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