coattails

Example Sentences

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It became a watershed year for Republicans in North Carolina as GOP candidates rode the coattails of President Richard Nixon’s landslide victory.

From Seattle Times

“Riding on the coattails of generosity,” as he put it.

From Los Angeles Times

Amid an MVP-caliber season that has the Nets in contention, Durant, in an exclusive interview with The Post, scoffed at criticism that he's ridden 'coattails' to find success.

From Washington Post

“Riding coattails? That’ll never happen when I’m playing basketball. Either I’m going to step back, so you can go ahead and do your thing, or I’m going to take control.”

From Washington Post

In Texas and Florida, where strong Republican governors were up for re-election, their coattails helped the G.O.P. more than make up for their earlier losses in the suburbs of Dallas, Houston and Tampa.

From New York Times