slam dunk
Example Sentences
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Of course, betting on sports rights isn’t a slam dunk.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The states’ lawsuit offers coherent concerns about the deal’s impact on the film and cable TV marketplaces, but it doesn’t look like a slam dunk, according to antitrust experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Two games into this series it looks to us, the members of the jury, as though Redick has taken this allegedly open-and-shut case, this slam dunk of a trial — and thrown down a reverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
England's Tommy Fleetwood shot a four-under-par 67 to finish joint-seventh on 12-under, which included a slam dunk eagle with his approach shot on 15 from 173 yards out.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
When your favorite player got a slam dunk, he looked like he was going to cry, even when I tried to give him a high five.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
