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
For now, as long as geopolitical headwinds ease and the wave of market optimism holds, these equities look poised to ride Bitcoin’s coattails wherever it moves next.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 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
The outsize stake is unusual for a buyout, where sovereign-wealth funds would typically ride on the coattails of traditional private-equity firms as minority investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
People were dressed up tonight, in gowns and in black suits with long coattails.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
