smooth sailing
Example Sentences
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It wasn't always smooth sailing, and a leg break while playing for the Republic of Ireland, who he had captained at Euro 2016 the previous year, threatened his career.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
It wasn’t all smooth sailing in that crisis either.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“But the underlying structure still reads as anything but smooth sailing for equity investors.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
That doesn’t mean it will be smooth sailing for AI, as Oracle’s results demonstrated.
From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025
It was not always smooth sailing for Mr. Edwards.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
