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

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

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

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

I don't think it's going to be a plain sailing future.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

Albert had foreseen that his married life would not be all plain sailing; but he had by no means realised the gravity and the complication of the difficulties which he would have to face.

From Queen Victoria by Strachey, Lytton