brass ring
Example Sentences
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Still grasping for the brass ring, still chasing the pot of gold.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
If Nadella is wrong: What’s there to aspire to if no brass ring is safe from the robot’s grasp?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
For many decades, the ultimate brass ring on Wall Street was grabbing a top position at one of the nation’s largest commercial or investment banks—the management committee at JPMorgan or a partnership at Goldman Sachs.
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
It’s about her needing to have that brass ring no matter what.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
Next to the sign was a knocker—a lion's head with a brass ring in its mouth, which Victor had polished just that morning.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
