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
Their union, hardly a shotgun marriage, makes sense conceptually.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
Since the shotgun marriage - the first merger of two global systemically important banks - was completed in June, UBS has wrestled to stabilise its purchase.
From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023
The screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and the director David Fincher seemed, at first, like an odd pairing — a shotgun marriage of florid dialogue to a moody, sensual visual style.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022
“We didn’t know each other when this shotgun marriage was formed,” Berman said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2022
