Sentence examples for springboard against from inspiring English sources

Gold is for China," Italian diver Tania Cagnotto admitted after picking up the silver medal in the synchroniaed 3m springboard against Chinese champions Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia.

The longer the situation remains unresolved, the stronger the rebels' grip may become, as they pursue their goal of establishing a "liberated area" in Aleppo and neighbouring Idlib province to use as a springboard against the regime's last stronghold, Damascus.

They did that very well". [On Arouna Kone] "His springboard was against Watford on the opening day.

Since being ejected from the area around Wana, in South Waziristan, by local militants, they are now clustered in North Waziristan, which has become a springboard for attacks against NATO forces inside Afghanistan.

The attack appeared to represent a widening of the American campaign aimed at killing militants with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, who use havens in Pakistan as a springboard for attacks against NATO and American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Just as it was an open secret that Sarkozy had no intention of remaining out of the political limelight, few are in any doubt that if he wins the UMP leadership vote, he will use the position as a springboard to stand against François Hollande in 2017.

The agreement committed Syria to preventing the Kurdistan Workers Partyy (PKK) and its affiliates from using Syrian territory as a springboard for attacks against Turkey and forced PKK fighters based in Syria to take refuge at their headquarters in northern Iraq's Qandil Mountains.

He turned Zaire into a springboard for operations against Soviet-backed Angola and thereby ensured US backing.

The fleet's target was Egypt, a territory nominally controlled by the Ottoman Empire that French General Napoleon Bonaparte considered an ideal springboard for operations against British India.

But Lotus quickly used the decision as a springboard for legal strikes against other competitors.

Aid groups are worried that the militants may try to use the camps as a springboard to wage attacks against Tutsi-led Rwanda.