as in bases
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 bridgeheads
Ukraine has sought to derail the Kremlin’s plans by launching counterattacks in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, where Russian forces have sought to carve out bridgeheads with an aim to advance toward the regional capitals, which are key industrial hubs.
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ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridgeheads
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Surface tanks are targets; subsurface reservoirs are fortresses.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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France believed its Maginot Line of fortresses was impregnable – until the Germans simply went around it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
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The Russian departure from much of northern Mali will enable jihadist groups to set up training camps in the vast spaces vacated, paving the way for further expansion, a scenario especially feared by Algeria.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Carter County Museum hosts dinosaur camps for kids, while the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum offers five-day adult dig expeditions and a junior paleontologist program, a one-day dig experience for children ages 5-11.—
Alex Temblador,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Additional footholds in Aspen and Hawaii follow a familiar pattern of buying adjacent homes within the same enclave.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sleeping upside down Once Orion reached Earth orbit after launch, two of the crew seats, as well as the footholds of the other two seats, were stowed away and will remain that way until reentry at the mission’s end.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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This month, Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is allowing stations to sell E15 gasoline for 90 days starting May 1.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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The one-hour show features both musicians and writers and is aired by Mississippi Public Broadcasting across a number of stations even outside of the state.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Arguably the two top centers in Iowa’s Logan Jones and Florida’s Jake Slaughter went off the board within the final eight picks of the second round.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hyundai will supply its HiMSEN engines Data centers are the backbone of modern digital services, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence applications.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Bridgeheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridgeheads. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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