make headway
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Some Nigerians welcomed U.S. intervention, citing their own government’s failure to make headway against terrorism and banditry since the kidnapping of the Chibok girls more than a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“It also illustrates how hard it is for the market to make headway without technology participating.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
Watched on by Roger Federer, the second set continued in much the same vein, with neither player able to make headway early on.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
The Lions had 18 throws from touch and were turned over four times, a statistic that was all the more disappointing given that the maul did make headway when they got it right.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
And it seems he can never make headway into understanding which theory is closer to the truth.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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