coattails

Example Sentences

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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

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

When I looked at Uncle Willie, I knew what was pulling my mind’s coattails.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou