brass ring

Example Sentences

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If Nadella is wrong: What’s there to aspire to if no brass ring is safe from the robot’s grasp?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

For many decades, the ultimate brass ring on Wall Street was grabbing a top position at one of the nation’s largest commercial or investment banks—the management committee at JPMorgan or a partnership at Goldman Sachs.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

It’s about her needing to have that brass ring no matter what.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

“They are that brass ring that everyone chased, only to find that it was made out of tin,” Shapiro said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023

Next to the sign was a knocker—a lion's head with a brass ring in its mouth, which Victor had polished just that morning.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke