pushover
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It may not be a shoo-in, either; Australia, expected to be a bit of a pushover, defied expectations to beat Turkey in an upset last weekend.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
This showed the Lakers that the Pelicans were not just going to be a pushover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
The new rules also have empowered some of the sport’s longtime pushover programs to gleefully kick sand in the faces of their former bullies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Mr Xi will be friendly - he knows that China needs the US - but he will also show he is no pushover.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
“A Swanburne girl may forgive as she chooses, but she is no pushover, either,” she told herself, and felt rather pleased about it, too.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The Rams play at New England on Sunday — the Patriots aren’t pushovers — then play home against Philadelphia, at New Orleans, and back home against Buffalo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
The Bulldogs are no pushovers but arrive between visits from Oklahoma State and USC.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Scotland captain Andy Robertson says visitors Cyprus will be no pushovers as the "toughest group in the whole of the Euro qualifiers" starts on Saturday.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023
Those local elected officials, few pushovers themselves, had a couple of ideas for Newsom as well, some not fit to print.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2022
"If they could be such pushovers as to be influenced by a non-tenured faculty member, the university should reevaluate its admission policy."
From Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague
