How to Use bridgehead in a Sentence

bridgehead

noun
  • First, church buildings are not an escape from the world, but a bridgehead into the world.
    — N.t. Wright, Time, 21 May 2020
  • The cost of holding on against Russia on the Dnieper bridgehead is high.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
  • In addition, comics are very popular in places like the US, so a new manga could act as a bridgehead.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Ukrainian armor crashed over the Inhulets River and established a bridgehead, the main gains that Kyiv has made in two days of fighting.
    — James Marson, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Although heavy losses were claimed to have been inflicted on the landing forces, the communique admitted that the Allies had strengthened their bridgehead.
    — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
  • Mere Eglise, west coast of Cherbourg Peninsula, had fought their way through and linked up with Allied bridgehead on the east coast of the peninsula.
    — Wes Gallagher, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
  • Chinese electric car makers have already established a bridgehead in Europe, tempted by high prices, and the companies are set to engage a higher gear.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The Sherman’s finest hour came during the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in July 1944.
    — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In the real world, that same scattershot purchasing model is one that Tencent has used to build, stealthily, a bridgehead in the global gaming industry.
    — The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • Without establishing the bridge, the Russian will not be able to hold the bridgehead, with some reports already indicating that the bridgehead has been destroyed.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Last month, the Russians lost nearly an entire battalion in a botched attempt to cross the Siverskyi Donets River and set up a bridgehead.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
  • The British military intelligence agency said that the Ukrainians have managed to hold a small bridgehead across the river since early June.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Over the past month, Ukrainian marines appear to have successfully established a modest bridgehead, securing positions on the east bank along the settlement of Krynky.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There is no indication Ukraine has established a secure bridgehead, and some military analysts are skeptical that Kyiv would undertake such an effort.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Hungary is seen as an important bridgehead of Chinese manufacturing capacity in Europe.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The advance near Kharkiv comes a week after Ukraine launched an offensive in the south, retaking several villages and expanding a bridgehead across the Inhulets River.
    — James Marson, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Russia began establishing in Libya a bridgehead for its activities in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018.
    — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
  • Calling his men to join him, Allworth swam the canal under enemy fire and rallied his troops, who then pushed back the opposing force, took 100 prisoners and secured the bridgehead for the Allied advance.
    — Gazette-Times, OregonLive.com, 3 May 2018
  • In early October, Ukrainian marines motored across the Dnipro and, in a series of daring infantry actions, established Ukraine’s first enduring bridgehead on the far side of the river.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • If the government can manage the shift in investment in Lanzhou without unleashing the excesses of the past decade, the city may eventually fill its empty tower blocks and once again become a bridgehead for China’s western development.
    — Bloomberg.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The plan originally proposed raising the maximum building heights near the downtown Transit Mall and the Morrison and Hawthorne bridgeheads to increase density near public transit.
    — OregonLive.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Since the 18th century, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union have viewed the region as a bridgehead against Iran and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The Burnaston plant was established in 1989 as Toyota’s first major bridgehead in Europe and was also a pioneer of hybrid-vehicle manufacturing.
    — Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • 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.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

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