| Handholds became footholds, although the deeper and more sound you made them, the more exhausted you became. |
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| I put my arms on a choice piece of rock and heaved, dragging my body up while my feet unsuccessfully tried to locate footholds. |
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| Chopping his way up the final snow slope, Phil scooped out bucketlike footholds and planted a rope anchor that could serve as a hand line. |
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| The path plunged downhill at a near-sheer angle, with few hand or footholds, but a free-swinging knotted rope to hang on to. |
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| Existing designer labels will be promoted and provided with an opportunity to gain footholds in global markets. |
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| Her feet slid wildly across the slick mud covering the wall as she tried to find footholds. |
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| It was clear both were suffering from a few bad bounces and some rather uneven footholds. |
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| The figure continued making his way down the house by grabbing appropriate ledges, and footholds from the balcony in a nimble movement. |
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| Going down had been easy, but with no handholds or footholds, coming up was proving to be much harder than I'd expected. |
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| They conveniently happened to be in the best places for footholds and handholds. |
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| By the early 1980s, they had already established footholds in groceries, liquor stores, dry cleaners, and garment subcontracting. |
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| You might also jam with your hands while using footholds outside of the crack. |
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| Right foot, right hand, left foot, left hand, his hands and feet found footholds like an expert. |
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| A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold. |
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| Twice she had to stop to rest, her arms trembling with the strain, locking her feet into semi-secure footholds and leaning into the rock. |
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| Lazarus shook his head and sighed, but nevertheless used the handholds and footholds Ghost had made to climb the wall. |
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| At one point, though only for a few yards, we had to find tentative footholds while hanging on to a cable. |
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| Eva brushed at the tears that filled her eyes and swung over the edge of the cliff, her feet sliding easily into cracks that made natural footholds. |
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| Trade fairs do present opportunities to gain footholds in export markets. |
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| The walls were sheer with no footholds or grooves for climbing. |
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| Whatever the cause, I felt dizzy, and without any bearings or footholds. |
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| The cliff was maybe eighty feet high, with not too many footholds. |
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| Benaud, bowling round the wicket and pitching into the rough of Trueman's footholds, brought such a collapse that in 20 minutes to tea England virtually lost the game. |
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| Some are already in the wild in isolated populations, while others, including racoons, the leopard cat and the American beaver, could gain footholds in the future. |
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| It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound. |
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