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• This was a year to take small ones forward and lay a foundation.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 May 2021
• There are years of hard work, sacrifices, blood, sweat and tears that lay the foundation for just the chance to get to the top level of the game.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
• One of the best ways to lay the foundation for good health is through plenty of quality z’s.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 10 Oct. 2023
• But this week could lay the foundation for the sides to reconnect closer to the trade deadline.
  — Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
• Bedding and Sleep Deals One of the best ways to lay the foundation for good health is through plenty of quality z’s.
  — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 11 July 2023
• His death grabbed the attention of the FBI and helped lay the foundation for Indiana to pass its version of a bias crimes law.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2023
• Keogh said the soil work at the site has been completed, and now the company will begin to lay the foundation this summer.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
• Read more: Best Air Purifiers One of the best ways to lay the foundation for good health is through plenty of quality z’s.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 11 Oct. 2023
• Those are all key pieces to have as general manager Mike Grier and the Sharks try to lay the foundation for the team’s future.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• And, who knows, one of those bricks might lay the foundation for more charitable actions.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
• The Orioles picked in the top five for four consecutive years, the first four of the Mike Elias era, and used those selections to lay the foundation for the current roster.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
• Under him, the division is going through some turnover, which could lay the foundation for new star power to emerge at 145 pounds.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• Doing so will lay a foundation for a safer, stronger and more equitable future for all.
  — Douglas M. Baker Jr., Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
• You’re being asked to lay the foundation for a nurturing home life and take small, steady steps toward your personal goals in the process.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
• The treaties that govern Antarctica helped lay the foundation for space agreements.
  — Sara Clemence, The Atlantic, 3 July 2023
• Smith and Boston could begin to lay a foundation for an outstanding high-low duo.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
• Trump's design at times required blowing up land to lay the foundation for his wall, as ABC News reported in 2020.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The ability to be the first and to start something from the ground up and to really lay the foundation, that's a once-in-a-career opportunity.
  — Al Gaspeny, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2023
• This spell though on paper not a huge success did lay the foundation for his brilliant spell at Sunderland.
  — Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
• Both said their work during the pandemic helped lay a foundation to weather this slowdown.
  — Davis Giangiulio, NBC News, 4 July 2024
• When in reality, those moments are what lay the foundation for deeper friendships down the line.
  — Brittany Vickers, Essence, 26 July 2024
• That likely isn’t enough by itself to lay the foundation for another change of leadership at PRO.
  — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Seeing the heroes of the past alongside the stars of the future of course invoked the history of everything the 99ers went through to lay the foundation for every player who wore the crest after them.
  — Steph Yang, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
• This maternal line has helped lay the foundation for Kaifer’s culinary success.
  — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
• Mediators hope that the six-week truce between Israel and Hamas, which began on Sunday, could lay the foundation for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.
  — Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• For first-year head coaches starting a rebuild, 2020 seemed like a lousy environment to lay a foundation.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2020
• Police searched for him there in 1999 and gathered evidence as to his possible whereabouts that helped lay the foundation for an arrest.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024
• It’s set up to be a much better opportunity for Billups to showcase his coaching chops and lay a foundation for the Blazers’ next chapter.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
• The project is part of a NASA program that utilizes public-private partnerships to lay the foundation for a sustained human lunar presence.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
• Fostering habit resilience can lay the foundation for deeper focus and stronger commitment.
  — Mo Hamzian, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024