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the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner fended off a late effort by Florida to try to make some headway as the minutes drained away, but the two empty-net goals left little doubt as to the outcome.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 22 June 2024
Yet by 1943, the Allies had made considerable headway in the Mediterranean campaign.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The facially alarming argument made startling headway with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
But despite that gesture of conciliation, Von der Leyen and Macron made no visible headway in persuading Xi to use his influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the conflict.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 22 June 2024
Yet by 1943, the Allies had made considerable headway in the Mediterranean campaign.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The facially alarming argument made startling headway with conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
But despite that gesture of conciliation, Von der Leyen and Macron made no visible headway in persuading Xi to use his influence with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the conflict.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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“Headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headway. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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headway
noun
head·way
-ˌwā 
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: motion forward
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