How to Use foothold in a Sentence

foothold

noun
  • The army gained a foothold on the island.
  • The company has secured a foothold in the market.
  • Gaining a stronger foothold in the U.S. is the next step.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Temu and Shein used to gain a foothold in the U.S. market.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • But that could change if a union gains a House foothold.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • That silence allowed the virus to gain a foothold and spread around the world.
    — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But in a match that came down to big serves and short points, that was enough of a foothold.
    — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • There was no place that life could even get a tiny foothold.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • The surfer knew that someone new to this cove wouldn’t know the spots to climb, the places where crevices make footholds.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The symmetry of the toroidal board gave Simkin and Luria a foothold on the problem.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The deal, then, is a poor way to deprive China of a foothold in the kingdom.
    — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Now, there are signs that trust is finding a new foothold.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
  • Google and Amazon have both struggled to gain a foothold in it.
    — Katharine Gemmell, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And there’s still time to stop this outbreak and keep the virus from gaining a foothold in new places.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
  • Then place a foothold trap somewhere at the entrance to that opening.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Ars Video Now, Firefly finds itself at the top of the pack of firms seeking to gain a foothold at the Moon.
    — Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The bond only grew and now Alabama has a foothold in a strong in-state class.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 22 Feb. 2022
  • How might a labor union somehow gain a foothold in that firm?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
  • For now, the Denver office will serve as Foley Hoag’s foothold in the West.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Now the video game retailer is trying to gain a foothold.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The records in the case suggest that Israel’s far right is gaining a new foothold in the United States.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • But the company has managed to gain a foothold with younger men as well.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • How long Saudi might have a foothold in the Premier League remains to be seen.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The private sector, too, is stepping up to gain a foothold.
    — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Overseed in the fall to regrow bare patches where weeds can get a foothold.
    — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Now, the video game retailer is trying to gain a foothold.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 1 July 2024
  • Because the attacker just is trying to use that as a foothold to get in and then from there off to the races.
    — Cio, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Each team is stuck in the worst stretch of their young seasons, with both clubs trying to regain a foothold.
    — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • The comments came after heavy fighting in Kursk over the weekend as Russian forces continued to slowly take territory in the region where Ukrainian forces have maintained a foothold for the past seven months.
    — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The new Syrian government has yet to firmly establish a safe foothold in the country and faces threats from Assad sympathizers who supported his decadeslong rule.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Mar. 2025

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