shoo-in

Example Sentences

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“It’s an uphill battle for that race for sure. I think Rosendale is pretty much a shoo-in to be reelected,” said Jessikay Bennion, a political science professor at Montana State University.

From Washington Times

I was a shoo-in for an Olympic Sleeping medal in 1980, a chance I lost when the United States boycotted the games in Moscow.

From Washington Post

Brown, who bested firebrand progressive Nina Turner in the August primary, is considered a shoo-in to win in the heavily Democratic district.

From Seattle Times

When the district attorney seat in Nassau County became vacant earlier this year, Todd Kaminsky, a Democratic state senator and a former federal prosecutor, was widely seen as a shoo-in.

From New York Times

“Agents and casting directors thought I was a shoo-in for sitcoms, like the Shelley Long-type parts,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times