coattails
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Next is competition — Rival food companies quickly rolled out their own plant-based fares to try to ride Beyond Meat’s coattails.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 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
Other IT consulting companies rode on the stock’s coattails Wednesday.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
It is why Amorim felt United were in danger of blowing a significant chance to climb into the top six and on the coattails of the sides in contention for Champions League qualification.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
“Many coattails were wrinkled by Sandy Pittman latching on to them,” says a former business associate of Mr. Pittman who insisted on anonymity.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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