slam dunk
Example Sentences
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The letter cited media reports stating that WBD’s management viewed a sale to Netflix as a “slam dunk,” and that the WBD board had “really warmed to” making a deal with the streaming giant.
From MarketWatch
The start of the National Basketball Association season Tuesday is set to test whether the NBA rights package will be a slam dunk or an air ball for NBCU.
Security officials at the time said the case was a slam dunk, alluding to reams of compromising communications between the two men.
At the start of the weekend, that looked like a slam dunk.
From BBC
Granted, there’s the natural compulsion to find something positive in a project that should have been a slam dunk for Bell, an actor most people deeply enjoy.
From Salon
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