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lame duck

[leym duhk] / ˈleɪm ˈdʌk /
NOUN
elected official waiting to leave office
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He’s also a lame duck and getting lamer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Determining the points at which past Fed chairs became lame ducks is not an exact science, needless to say.

From MarketWatch

A “lame duck” Fed chair may find it harder to muster the authority necessary to unite a fractured board.

From MarketWatch

Before embracing the lame duck narrative, we should instead be asking two simple questions.

From Salon

"I'm not sure he's a lame duck yet," Garret Martin, professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.

From Barron's