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
"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
Those bills passed the Senate in December, but they stalled in the House during a lame duck session that saw little progress on any issue.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
It was then after midnight, and the land was still ten miles distant, but the ship promptly resumed her role of lame duck, lest a prowling gunboat met and interrogated her.
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
