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
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.
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Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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
Roman bridgehead forts were typically built near key river crossings to control trade and secure borders, archaeologists said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Troops from Pyongyang had attempted to cut off a Ukrainian bridgehead along the border, said Butusov on his Telegram channel.
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Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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
Roman bridgehead forts were typically built near key river crossings to control trade and secure borders, archaeologists said.
—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Troops from Pyongyang had attempted to cut off a Ukrainian bridgehead along the border, said Butusov on his Telegram channel.
—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridgehead
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All that to say, a glass of rye whiskey, one of the oldest drinks in America and the original base of many of our earliest cocktails like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds, is an easy way to honor the scrappy American spirit.
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Constructed with a concrete base, steel framing, and ironwood siding, the home features a durable outer layer, built with fire resistance in mind.
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As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
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Rare artifacts, detailed maps and personal stories walk visitors through a time when control of Fort Pitt meant control of the West, giving colonists a crucial foothold in the struggle against British rule.
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Was a wedding at that hulking fortress in Midtown Manhattan gauche?
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The footage opens with fortress-like coastal imagery before moving into large-scale period sets, suggesting the film will have the epic scope of Hugo’s story while grounding it in a raw visual language.
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In 2015, he was charged in Amador County in connection with a strip poker game at a youth camp, ultimately pleading no contest two years later to providing alcohol to a minor.
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Some of them have been training together for nearly two months because Aguirre arranged a monthlong training camp ahead of the World Cup.
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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All that was missing from the game was a rusty shiv in the center circle.
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“Bridgehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridgehead. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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