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Example sentences for: foothold

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Given this union foothold, collective bargaining in apparel focused on the standardization of labor in a market area and a product line.
The program teaches the value of "secular, democratic government"; Iran wants to nullify these teachings, and gain a foothold in Europe through the Muslims.
So in a.d. 294, they decided to build a defence on the east side to make it harder for any invaders to establish a foothold here.
Indeed, already, sadly as a result of the way the sections on aging research in the report were written, the myth that longevity has an inevitable tradeoff of diminished fertility is now gaining a further foothold: witness the January 26, 2004, issue of the The New Republic . In it, an article about this report of the Council falls right into the trap: it states, “But changes come with longer life.
During this period, East Coast Syndicate member Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel earned a foothold as a local casino operator.