straddle

Example Sentences

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A year after the fire, my mind whirls between nostalgia and today’s reality, where I’ve straddled the roles of reporter and heartbroken Altadenan.

From Los Angeles Times

Past events have featured Bibles, religious-themed campaign materials and other collectibles, signaling the former president’s ability to dominate media attention with objects that straddle faith and branding.

From Salon

His most productive period straddled the era of the Shah and then the Islamic theocratic forces that deposed him - with both systems ever ready to sniff out hidden messages that could be interpreted as dissent.

From BBC

“The tax treatment of gambling differs from the tax treatment of contracts and straddles, even though the underlying act is still gambling,” says Nicole DeRosa, director of tax at SKC & Co.

From Barron's

Occasionally, we find an intermediate-term straddle that is cheap in our opinion, and this is one of them, using June expiration:

From MarketWatch