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
Other IT consulting companies rode on the stock’s coattails Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 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
By 2016, these hotel gyms had now become boutiques to Kohli's fitness regime, and the rest of the team followed on his coattails.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
His coattails flapped against my shins as he swept past me and out the door.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
