Mr Putin has given some ground, including over the idea of restoring the election of governors.
That requires the difficult, patient cultivation of sources on the ground, including the opposition.
Powerful rebel fighting formations on the ground, including Islamist and jihadi ones, reject its authority.
She covered a lot of ground, including her disagreement with the public editor on a post from last week.
Fallen leaves of oranges, reds and browns blanketed the ground, including the rockbed road along which we were crawling.
Several stocks that are affected by interest rates lost ground, including financial services companies like Citigroup and Merrill Lynch.
There were also Nato and Qatari boots on the ground, including British special forces, co-ordinating rebel operations.
Insurers, too, are considering severely limiting the money paid out for damages on the ground, including ruined buildings.
"Most of the world's known reserves of coal, oil and gas will need to be left in the ground, including over 90% of Australia's coal reserves".
The CIPD survey covers a lot of ground, including the number of phones (one household in 10 in 1952) and washing machines (one in five) compared with now.
"Beginning tomorrow, work will begin to examine the ground, including using geophysical ground examination equipment, to determine whether any area should be dug".
