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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alarcon rose to power on Bucaram's coattails .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In Alderman McDonough, the ward leader, Daley had a political godfather with upward mobility and long coattails .
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Jeffries was trying to cut him to ribbons; and here was Gordon trying to hold fast to Jeffries' coattails .
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The ideal of caring for aging parents is sufficiently strong that even the most undeserving aging parents can ride its coattails .
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There will not be any Clinton coattails for Mark Warner.