plain sailing
Example Sentences
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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
It was never going to be plain sailing.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
There have been reports that not everything has been plain sailing.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
"Then," thought she, "all might be plain sailing before me."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
