coattails
Example Sentences
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For now, as long as geopolitical headwinds ease and the wave of market optimism holds, these equities look poised to ride Bitcoin’s coattails wherever it moves next.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
His skin cracked and split open, but there was only more fire beneath, his coattails rippling behind him like a pair of wings.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
