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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

What’s more, Drake Maye has fumbled a combined six times in the last two games, so this won’t be a cakewalk for the Patriots.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2026

However, from that point it was a relative cakewalk for India as Kohli guided them to the target with his usual elan en route to his 51st ODI century.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2025

The rest of the way was a cakewalk.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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