gravy train
Example Sentences
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Dominion has been riding the gravy train for years, but its shareholders haven’t gotten any gravy.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Remember, the term life gravy train doesn’t last forever.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
A reputational gravy train is simply coming to an end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
“If ‘emergence’ merely unlocks capabilities represented in pretraining data,” said Princeton professor Arvind Narayanan, “the gravy train will run out soon.”
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2023
“But—well, I just got here, so you’ve been riding the gravy train longer.”
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
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