plain sailing

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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

Not all of Alcaraz's career has been plain sailing.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

However, it was not all plain sailing when it became clear he was not going to reach the playing heights achieved by his father.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

It has not all been plain sailing, of course, since Howe's appointment or the takeover a few weeks prior.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

If she won—if she won!—there would be plain sailing in the domestic waters of the Morses’ life—and that had come to mean a great deal to the girl.

From The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize by Morrison, Gertrude W.