lame duck
Example Sentences
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He’s also a lame duck and getting lamer.
Determining the points at which past Fed chairs became lame ducks is not an exact science, needless to say.
From MarketWatch
A “lame duck” Fed chair may find it harder to muster the authority necessary to unite a fractured board.
From MarketWatch
Before embracing the lame duck narrative, we should instead be asking two simple questions.
From Salon
"I'm not sure he's a lame duck yet," Garret Martin, professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
From Barron's
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