Example Sentences

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Chelsea were coasting and did not have the same cutting edge until Harder stretched the lead with another first-time finish, but with her right foot.

From BBC • May 7, 2023

Skiers were coasting down mountain slopes in late June.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

Black voters she knows were coasting on autopilot during this election year.

From Fox News • Jun. 24, 2020

The Phillies were coasting to the World Series, it seemed, leading the National League by six and a half games with 12 to play.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2019

Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer