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
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
The next eight years are the stuff of buddy-movie lore — “a shotgun marriage that gradually turned into a love story,” in Mr. Axelrod’s telling.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2019
