The only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Reversal from 1.3691/1.3677 zone found a short-term foothold at 1.3416 yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Tea Party Susan Roesgen out at CNN. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Coulter on Murtha: He Longs “To See U.S. Troops Shot, Humiliated”] Reference
Of course, one could argue that the Cons might be able to establish a better long-term foothold if they do get a majority mandate. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
I remembered where the foothold was and put my foot right on it. From Wordnik.com. [i sold a pint of blood bought a half a pint of scotch] Reference
Not just in the one town that they had this so-called foothold in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
Now the men were going aloft to perform circus feats compared with which his maintenance of his foothold was a trifle. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
If that is a "foothold" in Vernon Hills, your logic escapes me. From Wordnik.com. [US Becomes Two Law System] Reference
So what do they need to do to get a "foothold" in your view? dondon nfabq. From Wordnik.com. [Page 3] Reference
Islamic Jihadists realize they have to have some kind of foothold near us in North America. From Wordnik.com. [Rick Santorum Cites 'Jihadist Training Camps In South America' In Arguing For Border Crackdown] Reference
Or, put another way, neither mode provides Emma or Emma's readers with any kind of foothold or defense for what happens there. From Wordnik.com. [Unanswerable Gallantry and Thick-Headed Nonsense: Rereading Box Hill] Reference
That is the reason that they got this kind of foothold there. From Wordnik.com. [CEVA CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference
Mamata Banerjee today sought a 'foothold' for her Trinamool Congress in that region. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines] Reference
Delhi that China was seeking to expand its influence in South Asia and gain a "foothold" in the region. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Confidence was high among the visitors and it took Posh a while to get any kind of foothold in the game. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
"We're telling them, 'You won't get a foothold here'.". From Wordnik.com. [Crime Bust] Reference
So Bolivia isn't just a foothold for Chávez's Venezuelan model?. From Wordnik.com. [The Post-Neoliberal Age] Reference
FRANKEN: I'm hoping to get a foothold in this terrain of talk radio. From Wordnik.com. [AL FRANKEN] Reference
The main effect was to give the Marines a foothold in any Haiti invasion. From Wordnik.com. [How Did We Get Here?] Reference
Yet the most virulent Islamists never managed to get a real foothold in politics. From Wordnik.com. [Pious But Moderate] Reference
Several farmers I know got a foothold in farming this way and are still successful. From Wordnik.com. [This Land Is Your Land] Reference
Axa bought Australia's National Mutual in 1995, and with it, a foothold in Hong Kong. From Wordnik.com. [The French Exception] Reference
Some devices used in hospitals, like catheters, offer bacteria a foothold in the body. From Wordnik.com. [Get Well Safely] Reference
Suhair Shakir says Al Qaeda never got a foothold in her upscale east Baghdad neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrificed to the Surge] Reference
MOUT training has two phases: gaining a foothold in a building and then clearing its rooms. From Wordnik.com. [Front Lines: Preparing For 21St-Century Fighting] Reference
He feared that letting the Russians recognize Israel first would give them a foothold in Palestine. From Wordnik.com. [A Case of Courage] Reference
HIV has yet to gain a large foothold there, but experts predict it will spread explosively when it does. From Wordnik.com. [The Ever-Expanding Plague] Reference
I think you see an example of that right now with al Qaeda trying to find a foothold inside the Lebanese camps. From Wordnik.com. ['The Times Are Different'] Reference
While they have all helped to reduce Al Qaeda's grip on Iraq, the group still has a solid foothold in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of a Shadow] Reference
Even those who already have a foothold in the middle class find that a uniform blunts the sting of discrimination. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle For Respect] Reference
It took just the last 10 years for chain stores to seize an equally large foothold in Malaysia and Thailand (chart). From Wordnik.com. [Mall Rush?] Reference
I hope their triumph will boost the game in the United States and help both men and women's football gain a foothold. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
He adds that many insurgents still don't have a strong enough foothold inside Afghanistan to spend the winter months there. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Dangerous Double Game] Reference
When she loses her foothold for a minute, she just has to hang there with her eyes closed, so she won't look down at the water. From Wordnik.com. [A Hot Thriller From A Cold Climate] Reference
Hong Kong's government is under intense pressure from Beijing to prevent the group from gaining a strong foothold on the territory. From Wordnik.com. [China's Growing Holy War] Reference
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