cakewalk
Example Sentences
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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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