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cakewalk

[kayk-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

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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