coattails
Example Sentences
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In a market where sometimes tenuous links spell big moves for stocks, the Super Bowl halftime performance from Bad Bunny failed to produce coattails.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
The movie had to be made close enough to the album’s release that it could ride the coattails of the record’s popularity until the “Brat”-green wheels fell off.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Presidents typically carry in on their coattails a bunch of their party’s candidates in marginal seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Other IT consulting companies rode on the stock’s coattails Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
The door burst open and he flew in with his coattails streaming behind him.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
