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

They came up here and rode on the coattails of the Lakers, trying to establish themselves for years.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump’s coattails stretched into Indiana, which also held its primary Tuesday night.

From Washington Post

Several figures in Victorian dress stand scattered, their faces blurred by motion; one smeary participant is caught in the act of turning away, his coattails flaring behind him.

From New York Times

And it wasn’t the last time Seidel tried to drum up business on the coattails of the news.

From Washington Post