coattails
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His challengers are strong: Leguizamo in ‘The Odyssey,’ which has coattails, Giamatti in ‘The Debut,’ Rockwell, who won for Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards,’ and four-time nominee Norton in ‘The Invite.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In a market where sometimes tenuous links spell big moves for stocks, the Super Bowl halftime performance from Bad Bunny failed to produce coattails.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
The movie had to be made close enough to the album’s release that it could ride the coattails of the record’s popularity until the “Brat”-green wheels fell off.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Presidents typically carry in on their coattails a bunch of their party’s candidates in marginal seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
His skin cracked and split open, but there was only more fire beneath, his coattails rippling behind him like a pair of wings.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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