smooth sailing
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t all smooth sailing in that crisis either.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
“But the underlying structure still reads as anything but smooth sailing for equity investors.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
"We've been in this situation before where we have lost a game early and World Cups aren't always smooth sailing," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
To be sure, 2025 was hardly smooth sailing on Wall Street or Main, what with “Liberation Day” tariffs, a near-bear market, persistent inflation, and threats to the independence of the Federal Reserve.
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
It is smooth sailing & I was able to take a much needed rest.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
