automatic pilot

Example Sentences

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“Democracy doesn’t live on automatic pilot. You don’t take a DNA test to see if you believe in freedom,” he added.

From Salon

The DNC’s current executive committee is a bastion of the party establishment, unlikely to signal to grassroots Democrats and the general public that the party is no longer locked into automatic pilot.

From Salon

“The sailboat crew were either unable to avoid collision” or they could have been down below with Theros on automatic pilot, an anonymous source told Saltwire.

From BBC

Jerome H. Powell, her successor as Fed chair, said it was so straightforward that it should be on “automatic pilot” and wouldn’t merit close scrutiny.

From New York Times

Claiming that there are no significant differences between the two parties is a form of super-ideological gaslighting on automatic pilot.

From Salon