slam dunk

Example Sentences

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The start of the National Basketball Association season Tuesday is set to test whether the NBA rights package will be a slam dunk or an air ball for NBCU.

From The Wall Street Journal

Security officials at the time said the case was a slam dunk, alluding to reams of compromising communications between the two men.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the start of the weekend, that looked like a slam dunk.

From BBC

Granted, there’s the natural compulsion to find something positive in a project that should have been a slam dunk for Bell, an actor most people deeply enjoy.

From Salon

Brennan’s longtime coverage of Clark’s career makes this book a slam dunk.

From Los Angeles Times