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

Not all of Alcaraz's career has been plain sailing.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 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

However, it was not all plain sailing when it became clear he was not going to reach the playing heights achieved by his father.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Oh!" he cried, "now it is all plain sailing for me.

From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick