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

It rides on the dusty coattails of touchstones of the genre: think “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” the “Mad Max” franchise and “There Will Be Blood.”

From New York Times

The specialist, Dr. Bela Prajapati, oversees treatment for nearly 400 patients with mucormycosis, a rare and often deadly fungal disease that has exploded across India on the coattails of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Seattle Times

He rode the coattails of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the monarchy in 1979 by displaying ideological loyalty and a willingness to go to great lengths to ensure the Islamic theocracy’s survival.

From New York Times

Evenings lit with fireflies make the entire experience “magical,” she said, but she also is losing patience with competitors trying to ride the coattails of the trend.

From Washington Post