straddling
Example Sentences
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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
This places the stocks into three baskets, with 33% in the value group, 33% in the growth group and 34% straddling both value and growth.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
As someone straddling languages and latitudes, Moura believes that international actors with career aspirations in the U.S. often try to assimilate, diluting themselves in the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Years later their own eyes would glaze as they cupped their chins in remembrance of the inchworm smiles, the squatting haunches, the track-rail legs straddling broken chairs.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
