shotgun marriage
Example Sentences
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Their union, hardly a shotgun marriage, makes sense conceptually.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
While UBS shares were hammered in early trading on Monday after its shotgun marriage with troubled Credit Suisse following an intervention by Swiss authorities, the bank's shares pared most of the losses towards the close.
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023
For students, professionals, retirees and many others, life and home are going to remain in a shotgun marriage, at least for the near future.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020
It’s not as if the shotgun marriage of art and industry that for decades decided what and whom we see onstage had produced an equitable, or even a sensible, result.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020
The peppery formula was inspired by barbecue god Adam Perry Lang, whose initials appear on the menu, but the dish, a shotgun marriage between the barbecue traditions of Texas and Korea, is all David Chang.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2018
