coattails
Example Sentences
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Bloom Energy has indeed ridden on the coattails of AI excitement and investors’ quests for companies positioned to benefit from powering data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Other IT consulting companies rode on the stock’s coattails Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
The outsize stake is unusual for a buyout, where sovereign-wealth funds would typically ride on the coattails of traditional private-equity firms as minority investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Court documents showed that Mondelēz International said Aldi uses similar packaging likely to "deceive" consumers and "ride the coattails" of the company's "attraction, fame and prestige".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
It was big black Loomis, Queenie’s husband, six feet six and three hundred pounds, hat on and coattails flapping.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
