- a variation of shotgun wedding.
shotgun marriage
Example Sentences
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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
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
While UBS shares were hammered in early trading on Monday after its shotgun marriage with troubled Credit Suisse following an intervention by Swiss authorities, the bank's shares pared most of the losses towards the close.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 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
It was a shotgun marriage with a happy ending.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2016
