plain sailing

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Trading oil at present is no plain sailing because transiting a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz is no plain sailing, either.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

But it has not all been plain sailing for Hodgkinson since she won the Olympic 800m title at Paris 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The album may have taken less than two weeks to record, but you get the impression from other interviews that the process wasn't entirely plain sailing.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

There have been reports that not everything has been plain sailing.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

It will be all plain sailing now for some hours to come.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Stables, Gordon