be smooth
Example Sentences
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“It’s not necessarily going to be smooth sailing,” said Juliette Cubanski, vice president and director of the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, a health-information nonprofit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Investors are also turning their attention to the 2026 midterm elections, an occasion that isn’t known to be smooth sailing in markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
That doesn’t mean it will be smooth sailing for AI, as Oracle’s results demonstrated.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
But just because the brothers were resentenced doesn’t mean the parole process will be smooth sailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Why her sister’s face would never again be smooth.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
