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
Even if he is a supposed lame duck, he remains profoundly dangerous.
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
At a glance he recognized the Thunderbolt, notoriously the lame duck of the Reds, lagging three or four miles behind the rest.
From Round the World in Seven Days by Herbert Strang
