lame duck
Example Sentences
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He’s also a lame duck and getting lamer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Powell became a lame duck almost immediately after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2025.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Before embracing the lame duck narrative, we should instead be asking two simple questions.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025
"I'm not sure he's a lame duck yet," Garret Martin, professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
"A lame duck, like most of the desert exiles, and the homeliest man west of the Missouri River," was Ford's characterization.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis
