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straddle

[strad-l] / ˈstræd l /
VERB
bestride
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VERB
sit or stand on both sides
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If England want another player who can straddle the No. 9 and No. 10 positions simultaneously, then Bellingham could be their best fit.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

For now, she continues to straddle two worlds, running a household in Ukraine and earning her online living abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Ontario is the smallest by surface area of the five Great Lakes, which straddle the Canada-US border between Ontario province and the US state of New York.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

KAWS’ body of work spans more than 25 years and includes painting, sculpture and design that straddle fine art and global culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

I straddle the seat of my new bike in the driveway.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Betrawati straddles flood-devastated Rasuwa and Nuwakot, and is part of the Bidur municipality, where the government estimates more than 3,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The home sits in an area that straddles both cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The field is part of the Loran-Manatee offshore gas accumulation and straddles the maritime boundary between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The lab sat on an acre of land in a forest that straddles the border of Abidagba and Iroto villages.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was a forty-minute train ride and a world away from Woodhull, a working-class neighborhood that straddles the Brooklyn-Queens border.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

It was as distasteful a segment as you’d expect from “Update,” yet also somehow straddled the line between wallowing in the scandal and mining some genuine laughs out of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

At Politico, his responsibilities have straddled both editorial and business development, including expanding Politico’s brand presence and journalism at global conferences on security and energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

As Neil Simpson straddled a gate at the start of his slalom run on Sunday, it perhaps summed up just how tricky these Winter Paralympics have been for Great Britain.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

The defending Olympic champion duly followed team orders to attack, but it didn't last long as he straddled a gate high up the course.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Up the road, past Doña Zena’s house, Jenny straddled her two-wheeler.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

In fact, some of America’s long-standing allies have already started straddling.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Schuyler emerges as a born leader and wily diplomat with a rare gift for straddling different cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the early period of running the club, Arsenal found themselves - in Kroenke's own words - "straddling strategies" as they chased Champions League qualification and trophies.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Tinubu said in his statement that al-Minuki, also known as Abu-Mainok, was slain along with his lieutenants, "on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin", a restive region straddling Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

He sat up, straddling the tree trunk, and, using both hands, hauled Moose on to the tree.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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