Sentence examples for ideological foothold from inspiring English sources

But, seeking an ideological foothold after 9/11, Graham soon gravitated to the extreme hawkishness in foreign policy that came to define the George W. Bush Administration.

Similarly, the river was staked out as a trade route, not a territorial foothold or ideological trophy.

Most importantly, Rousseff, like Lula da Silva before her (and the PSDB, when it was last in power) benefitted from the institutional support of the amorphous Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), which formed to promote democracy during Brazil's 1964-85 military dictatorship and now exists as a non-ideological amoeba most attuned to maintaining a foothold in Brazil's power structure.

As the Taliban and ISIS are ideological enemies, Russia views Taliban fighters in areas of western Afghanistan with large ISIS footholds, such as Khorasan, as useful military allies.

With its foothold on the European continent and the bulk of its territory in Asia, Turkey has been the site of sweeping ideological battles before.

Ideological Positioning.

"We had a foothold there.

There is no foothold.

Islamic State (IS) will cement its foothold.

Are plug-in cars establishing a foothold?

It is purely ideological".