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As a result, instead of building a better life for their constituents, the Axis members made their countries into Iranian beachheads in a shadow conflict with the United States and Israel.
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Full circle: Kvamme's father Floyd — who helped form National Semiconductor's beachhead in Silicon Valley before later becoming a venture capitalist — got a Thanksgiving Day chuckle out of his VC son's semiconductor pursuit.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The war took on an overtly sectarian cast in 2015, when a coalition of states led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened to prevent a Houthi victory and the establishment of an Iranian beachhead on the Arabian Peninsula.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2021
Twelve years later Uber arrived, and San Francisco was the first beachhead for its mass invasion of thousands of new drivers.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Full circle: Kvamme's father Floyd — who helped form National Semiconductor's beachhead in Silicon Valley before later becoming a venture capitalist — got a Thanksgiving Day chuckle out of his VC son's semiconductor pursuit.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The war took on an overtly sectarian cast in 2015, when a coalition of states led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened to prevent a Houthi victory and the establishment of an Iranian beachhead on the Arabian Peninsula.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2021
Twelve years later Uber arrived, and San Francisco was the first beachhead for its mass invasion of thousands of new drivers.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Beachhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachhead. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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