Some suggest that Intel may have an inroad with new and highly-anticipated Windows phones.

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In the Shropshire Premier League , Albrighton made a slight inroad into Reman's lead at the top of the table.

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In addition, he said, war-simulation shooting games have become popular there, creating an inroad for the "Call of Duty" games.

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While the Sprint acquisition would be a huge inroad for Softbank into the U.S. market, DISH desperately needs a wireless carrier to keep itself in the game.

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You know, Maytag was being bid on by American investor groups, and one of the strategies of American investor groups in all industries now is to buy American companies and move production as fast as you can to China, whereas the Chinese--if they bought Maytag, they would be using it for an inroad into the American market.

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