coattails
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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
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
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
A man much like these men, with his white coattails billowing behind him like a pair of paper wings.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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