plain sailing
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It was not all plain sailing for the home side, who lost openers Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay to find themselves 48-2 in the reply.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Trading oil at present is no plain sailing because transiting a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz is no plain sailing, either.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
But it has not all been plain sailing for Hodgkinson since she won the Olympic 800m title at Paris 2024.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
There have been reports that not everything has been plain sailing.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
The drawing up of the letter of remonstrance at Fulda is said not to have been such plain sailing.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger
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