path of least resistance

Migrants and the smugglers they hire have long sought out the path of least resistance.

They made an easy target — and once one or two schools dropped them, following along was the path of least resistance.

But university presidents, one of the most risk-averse groups on the planet, would inevitably prefer the path of least resistance.

The land next to the Commanders’ current stadium, FedEx Field in Landover, always seemed like the path of least resistance and the favorite in the new stadium sweepstakes.

A moderate, establishment-backed candidate might have the path of least resistance to earning 25% of the vote in a race against a populist, conservative like Trump.