pushover
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It may not be a shoo-in, either; Australia, expected to be a bit of a pushover, defied expectations to beat Turkey in an upset last weekend.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
The new rules also have empowered some of the sport’s longtime pushover programs to gleefully kick sand in the faces of their former bullies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
That doesn’t mean she was a pushover or naive; she took names and kept receipts of those who had done her wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Mr Xi will be friendly - he knows that China needs the US - but he will also show he is no pushover.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
“A Swanburne girl may forgive as she chooses, but she is no pushover, either,” she told herself, and felt rather pleased about it, too.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Fulham are no pushovers and they drew this fixture last season, but no-one is stopping Arsenal at the moment.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
“We advise consumers to give insurers the chance to do the right thing but to not be pushovers and realize insurers are for-profit companies and not charitable organizations,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
The Rams play at New England on Sunday — the Patriots aren’t pushovers — then play home against Philadelphia, at New Orleans, and back home against Buffalo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
This was a classic case of United's players not taking Bournemouth seriously and thinking they were pushovers, having beaten Chelsea in midweek.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
"If they could be such pushovers as to be influenced by a non-tenured faculty member, the university should reevaluate its admission policy."
From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.
