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cakewalk

[keyk-wawk] / ˈkeɪkˌwɔk /
NOUN
easy activity
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Clark held on for a wire-to-wire victory at 4-under par, but it wasn’t the cakewalk it was shaping up to be entering the final round.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Ireland were hanging on by their fingernails, before a second-half rally threatened to turn a cakewalk into a contest.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

If this is to be a series to be remembered - rather than a forgettable cakewalk - then the Wallabies have to make it so.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

My goal is just to walk offstage after that monologue and feel like, OK, the rest of this show’s a cakewalk.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2025

A cheer rises up, and then, over the phonograph, the steady thrum of a cakewalk.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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