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Example sentences for: foothold

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The program teaches the value of "secular, democratic government"; Iran wants to nullify these teachings, and gain a foothold in Europe through the Muslims.
Islam never gained a strong foothold in Bali, which was difficult to invade because of its many reefs and lack of harbors, and had few products to attract traders.
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.
The EDF hoped, for fund-raising reasons, to stamp out optimism before it gained a foothold.
It took a firm foothold in the northern provinces of the Low Countries — with Amsterdam at its heart.