lame duck
Example Sentences
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"I'm not sure he's a lame duck yet," Garret Martin, professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
From Barron's
Suzuki agreed to a one-year contract, which puts him in the uncomfortable position of being a lame duck before he manages his first game.
From Los Angeles Times
The sooner Republicans wake up and treat him like the rabid, lame duck he is, the better off they — and the country — will be.
From Salon
At the 2007 White House press dinner, Bush jokingly insisted that he wasn’t becoming a “lame duck…unless of course Cheney accidentally shoots me in the leg.”
Anything less, and the opposition could override Milei’s vetoes and block his often-used presidential decrees, effectively making him a lame duck.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
