plain sailing

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But as Cohen points out, it is not all plain sailing.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

Hans' journey was not plain sailing and almost came to an end in the infamously steep Berriedale Braes in Caithness.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Yet it has not all been plain sailing.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 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 D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von