straddle

Example Sentences

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“Events are in the saddle,” said Whipple, whose two most recent books document Biden’s struggles to straddle foreign and domestic affairs.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Needed: the most that we would pay for that near-term straddle, with the price of the straddle expressed as a percentage of the underlying stock price.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

That means if we can buy the March 6 at-the-money straddle for 8.64% of the stock price or less, we should.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Canada’s count, at more than 250,000, doesn’t fully capture dual citizenship, or the flow of Americans whose daily lives straddle the border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

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

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina