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coattails



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see on someone's coattails .
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Example Sentences

Some Democrats, however, are worried that Harris' money flood is overshadowing tepid fundraising by down-ballot candidates and committees focused on state legislative races, and it's unclear how long her coattails are.

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“The other thing is the resiliency and the availability of the infrastructure. Cloud providers have designed and architected their infrastructure really well. We can ride on the coattails of their innovation.”

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“But somebody’s going to see it as an opportunity, then I’m sure people will follow on their coattails.”

To get there, Corder says, astronomers want to “ride on the coattails” of quantum technologies developed for other uses.

Her story recalls that of Senator Paula Hawkins of Florida, a member of the 1980 class that swept Republicans into the Senate majority on Ronald Reagan’s coattails.

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