sure-fire

Example Sentences

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But once they come together, Walker and Delgado are a sure-fire dynamic duo readers will want to revisit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

The problem, of course, is that this isn't a sure-fire solution and, if it was going to happen, it needed to happen fast.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2024

So an Elder Scrolls take on the genre seemed, on paper, like a sure-fire hit to many.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2024

An industry that increasingly relies on its hugely profitable 1% — sure-fire bestsellers like Danielle Steel, J.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Then, as happens so often, the preacher turned over his hole-card, the sure-fire card.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck