as in base
a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made
established a bridgehead on the beach before beginning the land invasion
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Recent Examples of bridgehead
The cost of holding on against Russia on the Dnieper bridgehead is high.
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Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
For Russia, even establishing a bridgehead across the border could expose the city of Kharkiv to artillery, allowing troops to escalate efforts to make the city unlivable.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Setting up manufacturing in Italy would be a big win for China’s auto industry, which sees Italy as a strategically positioned bridgehead from which to push further into European, African, and Middle Eastern markets.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
Hungary is seen as an important bridgehead of Chinese manufacturing capacity in Europe.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
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Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
For Russia, even establishing a bridgehead across the border could expose the city of Kharkiv to artillery, allowing troops to escalate efforts to make the city unlivable.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Setting up manufacturing in Italy would be a big win for China’s auto industry, which sees Italy as a strategically positioned bridgehead from which to push further into European, African, and Middle Eastern markets.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
Hungary is seen as an important bridgehead of Chinese manufacturing capacity in Europe.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridgehead
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Smartwool Active Fleece Wind Gloves $50 at REI Smartwool is well-known for its incredibly warm base layers, but its gloves are also worth mentioning.—
Michelle Polizzi,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Jan. 2025
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Russian drones in Ukrainian air space had approached the border of the NATO country at 3:20 a.m., prompting Romania to scramble two F-16 from Borcea to monitor the situation before returning to base two hours later, the statement said.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Published on January 24, 2025 By Richard Carleton Hacker Mezcal has long been overshadowed by its sibling tequila, but this smoky spirit has gained a strong foothold with the drinking public as well.—
Richard Carleton Hacker,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2025
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Several CEOs have traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump, eager to get on his good side and get a foothold in the incoming administration.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Colorful Old San Juan is home to the 16th-century Spanish colonial fortress Castillo San Cristobal and other UNESCO World Heritage sites, and fantastic restaurants like Santaella or La Casita Blanca, where the tostones and mofongo are not to be missed.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Skyscrapers of Medieval Italy (Ex Urbe) by Ada Palmer In medieval Italy, factional wars led powerful families to build huge towers that served as little urban fortresses.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Jan. 2025
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Gudin, also an ice skating coach, decided to stay home in Delaware while Kirsanov flew to Kansas for the development camp.—
Jack Moore,
ABC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The athletes had been participating in a U.S. Figure Skating development camp in Wichita, Kansas, targeting promising young skaters, Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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If Ukraine develops its own air defense system, this would ease Kyiv's independence on the likes of the U.S. for the protection of its population centers and vital infrastructure.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The National Center for Education Statistics has tracked a recent drop in U.S. children’s reading abilities, yet that mostly coincides with the pandemic, and scores are still as good as or better than when the center started measuring, in 1971.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Bridgehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridgehead. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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