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cakewalk

[keyk-wawk] / ˈkeɪkˌwɔk /
NOUN
easy activity
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Nonetheless, the U.S. insisted leading up to Thursday that the rematch wouldn’t be a cakewalk.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

Ireland were hanging on by their fingernails, before a second-half rally threatened to turn a cakewalk into a contest.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

If this is to be a series to be remembered - rather than a forgettable cakewalk - then the Wallabies have to make it so.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2025

With that sentence over my head, I’m not gonna say that it was a cakewalk, because it wasn’t.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2024

I admit I got more nervous the closer we got to Lockhart, but' Harry kept telling me it would be a cakewalk.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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