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
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
Other IT consulting companies rode on the stock’s coattails Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
It is why Amorim felt United were in danger of blowing a significant chance to climb into the top six and on the coattails of the sides in contention for Champions League qualification.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
In the high-ceilinged dining room, a waiter in coattails led them to a table with ivory candles and a white linen tablecloth.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
