coattails
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Some names, like Starbucks, Reynolds and Kirkland, have tried to ride one another’s coattails.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 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
By 2016, these hotel gyms had now become boutiques to Kohli's fitness regime, and the rest of the team followed on his coattails.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
His coattails flapped against my shins as he swept past me and out the door.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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