Sentence examples for a foothold over from inspiring English sources

"One of the dreams of Iran is to gain a foothold over the mountains," the mayor said.

The large expansion is part of an effort to gain a foothold over rival Uber, which currently controls about 75percentt of the ride-hail services market in the U.S. and claims statewide coverage in 13 states.

The bridge at Arnhem was held and the 1st Airborne Division destroyed, dashing the Allies' hopes for a foothold over the Rhine before the end of the year.

And he missed an opportunity to get a foothold over the weekend, when the state's largest newspaper, the New Hampshire Union Leader, endorsed a different GOP contender with executive experience, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Carrefour's Asian strategy is to stay the course in China and Taiwan, find a local partner in Indonesia and wait to get a foothold in over-regulated India.With operations in 30-odd countries, roughly twice as many as Tesco, Carrefour may simply have overreached.

This includes a focus on some of the core industries like healthcare, financial services, government and media and entertainment that it has already found a foothold in over the last few years.

On the carrier side, blocking or controlling ads at the network level could be one way for operators to gain a strategic foothold over the Internet companies they have long complained are turning their businesses into dumb pipes by offering services that often circumvent their revenue streams.

He chose to soothe his wounded pride and balm his aggrieved heart by kidnapping me to gain a controlling foothold over my mother.

He edges her to the end of his branch until she can barely keep a foothold, leans out over her, heaves his chest and opens wide his cavernous black mouth.

Over the last two years, a Kushner company, Westminster Communities, has gained a foothold in "55 and over" housing, known as the "active adult" market.

Partly, that is because the Conservative government was worried that French firms, which already had a foothold in the business, would take over the whole thing; a better reason is that water distribution is more expensive than, say, electricity distribution, and so more prone to monopoly.Firms wanting to merge have therefore been expected to jump through impossibly tight hoops.