How to Use the golden goose in a Sentence
the golden goose
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And that's like killing the golden goose.
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Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
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So that business is the golden goose.
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Yun Li,
CNBC,
7 Dec. 2025
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But chaos inevitably follows the golden goose.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Will that kill the golden goose as more of us give up and go to watch lower league local football?
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Matt Slater,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Gambling, which is feeding and keeping the golden goose afloat, could be sinking sports.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
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The contradictory nature of life’s ephemera—is this not the golden goose of fiction writing?
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Eric Olson
september 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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California, home to Silicon Valley, shouldn’t scare off the golden goose.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
15 Jan. 2026
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But without reform, players risk killing the golden goose of baseball competitiveness and profitability in the long term.
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Paul Bledsoe,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Today’s shortsighted, sellout city politicians are killing the golden goose under the ruse that affordable housing is the be-all and the end-all of life in San Diego.
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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