shotgun marriage

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No matter what happens during the rest of the season, the forced, frantic shotgun marriage between Bronny James and the Lakers has been a blissful success.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025

Their union, hardly a shotgun marriage, makes sense conceptually.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

The shotgun marriage to its fallen rival at the behest of Swiss authorities - the first-ever merger of two global systemically important banks - has created both opportunities and risks for UBS.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

Across the Atlantic Ocean, long-troubled Credit Suisse was acquired by rival UBS on Sunday in a shotgun marriage designed to restore confidence in global financial institutions.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

It’s not as if the shotgun marriage of art and industry that for decades decided what and whom we see onstage had produced an equitable, or even a sensible, result.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020