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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.
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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
If California was a beachhead for Japanese auto imports in the Sixties and Seventies, the Northeast was the landing point for European cars in the Fifties and Sixties.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
The need to stave off a potential Moscow beachhead on the Adriatic is one reason that Slovenia and Croatia vigorously advocate for Montenegro’s admission to NATO.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2014
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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
If California was a beachhead for Japanese auto imports in the Sixties and Seventies, the Northeast was the landing point for European cars in the Fifties and Sixties.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
The need to stave off a potential Moscow beachhead on the Adriatic is one reason that Slovenia and Croatia vigorously advocate for Montenegro’s admission to NATO.
—Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2014
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“Beachhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beachhead. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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