coattails
Example Sentences
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Some names, like Starbucks, Reynolds and Kirkland, have tried to ride one another’s coattails.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
For now, as long as geopolitical headwinds ease and the wave of market optimism holds, these equities look poised to ride Bitcoin’s coattails wherever it moves next.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
The movie had to be made close enough to the album’s release that it could ride the coattails of the record’s popularity until the “Brat”-green wheels fell off.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
The outsize stake is unusual for a buyout, where sovereign-wealth funds would typically ride on the coattails of traditional private-equity firms as minority investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
The door burst open and he flew in with his coattails streaming behind him.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
