open the floodgates
Example Sentences
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A successful SpaceX offering could open the floodgates for other IPOs.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
That would open the floodgates for every challenge by a player on a caution to be looked at.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Another barrier was broken, but it didn’t open the floodgates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The problem, she said, is that they’re difficult for states to police for validity and “can really open the floodgates to vastly diminished vaccination rates.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
When we were a block away from Calhoun Place, a barrage of thunder cracked open the floodgates to the sky.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
