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 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

Johnson argued that keeping spending on “automatic pilot” was threatening to make the programs go “bankrupt.”

From Washington Post

I’ve never gone to work in these last six years on automatic pilot.

From Los Angeles Times