as in lock
one that is certain to succeed
a shoo-in for the position of secretary of state
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Yet the 59-year-old Harris is hardly a shoo-in to replace Biden.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
In 2013, for example, many observers were convinced that the hard-liner Jalili — the same man on the ballot this time and the supreme leader’s choice at the time to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president — was a shoo-in.
—Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
At first blush, Gabe Evans would seem like a shoo-in for this race.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 June 2024
Listen to this article Connecticut Sun star Alyssa Thomas was a shoo-in to make the 2024 Paris Olympic team after her MVP runner-up season last year, but Thomas was hardly on USA Basketball’s radar until after the Tokyo Games in 2021.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
In 2013, for example, many observers were convinced that the hard-liner Jalili — the same man on the ballot this time and the supreme leader’s choice at the time to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president — was a shoo-in.
—Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
At first blush, Gabe Evans would seem like a shoo-in for this race.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 June 2024
Listen to this article Connecticut Sun star Alyssa Thomas was a shoo-in to make the 2024 Paris Olympic team after her MVP runner-up season last year, but Thomas was hardly on USA Basketball’s radar until after the Tokyo Games in 2021.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
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“Shoo-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoo-in. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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