Examples of lame duck in a Sentence

The President was a lame duck during the end of his second term.

Recent Examples on the Web The display unfolded during the first voting session of the lame duck period, the timeframe between November’s election and the start of the new Legislature in January. — Fox News, 4 Dec. 2021 Everyone involved says this is a foregone conclusion, but the moment spring training camps open, the Dodgers manager is officially a lame duck. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 DeWine will speak as the state legislature meets for a marathon lame duck session. — cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020 Despite positive job numbers in October, Ohio’s economy continues to struggle, and a local policy group says lawmakers should focus on legislation to keep businesses open and Ohioans working during the current lame duck and upcoming regular session. — J.d. Davidson, Washington Examiner, 23 Nov. 2020 No score will be high enough after lame duck LSU coach Ed Orgeron befouled the Crimson Tide’s stadium in 2019. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2021 For stock and bond markets that have relied on the generosity of the Fed and other global central banks, a lame duck Fed chair could be a problem. — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 Patrick Baker seemed to get away with homicide when lame duck Republican Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned him in 2019 for fatally shooting Donald Mills five years earlier during a Knox County home invasion. — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2021 So Afghanistan has had its day and bitcoin is now a dead or lame duck in its biggest market. — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 See More

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