lame duck
Example Sentences
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He’s also a lame duck and getting lamer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The historical record here may show that being a lame duck insulates a Fed chair from political pressures.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Before embracing the lame duck narrative, we should instead be asking two simple questions.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025
"I'm not sure he's a lame duck yet," Garret Martin, professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
He'll have to take a lame duck or go out of his circle for a wife.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
