Sentence examples for last foothold from inspiring English sources

On Sunday, Syrian state media reported that rebels had agreed to give up their last foothold in Ghouta, in the eastern suburbs of the sprawling Syrian capital.

He was born in Sabtah (now Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in Morocco), where his Ḥammūdī ancestors had fled after the fall of Málaga, their last foothold in Spain, in 1057.

Russia has consistently shielded the Syrian president – not out of any love for him, but because, after the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, he represents Russia's last foothold in the Middle East: and its best chance to demonstrate western fickleness.

Tuesday's results, which gave Republicans control of both the House and the Senate, may solidify her standing, as Democrats close ranks around her in an effort to hang on to the White House, their last foothold on power in Washington.

Its fighters have seized several military bases in northern Raqqa province, including an air base - the government's last foothold in the province - on Sunday.

With the island gone, the Crusaders lost their last foothold in the Holy Land.

Whatever the reason, the Tories could lose some of their last footholds in London, and therefore in Britain's inner cities.

LIBYA The rebels seeking to oust Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi claimed minor victories in some of their last footholds as they battled to hold off the Qaddafi forces' superior firepower.

TRIPOLI, Libya — The rebels seeking to oust Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi claimed minor victories on Wednesday in some of their last footholds at both ends of the country's coast as they battled to hold off the Qaddafi forces' superior firepower and to disprove a claim by one of Colonel Qaddafi's sons that the last of the insurrection would be wiped out "in 48 hours".

After the partitioning of the Ak Koyunlu state in 1500, Arabian Iraq became the final foothold of the last Turkmen ruler, Murād (1497 1508, d. 1514), until the Ṣafavid conquest.

The alliance is also a gamble, perhaps a last-ditch effort for both Nokia and Microsoft to gain a lasting foothold in the booming market for sophisticated smartphones, where Apple's iPhone and Google's Android software are leading the way in technology innovation.