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footholds
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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 -
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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“Toeholds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toeholds. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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