straddle
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Instead, Krishna believed his customers would jump at being able to straddle the two worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I think that the real success in our business over the next 10 years will be the ability to straddle both of these worlds,” said Pepper, who helped develop Mason’s series.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
“For now, EssilorLuxottica could well straddle the best of both worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Meta Platforms is the cheapest right now, but all of these stocks could be candidates next week, as straddle prices sometimes decline just prior to the earnings release.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
He landed on a log and managed to straddle it, staying on top.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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It is a vast area known as the Amboseli ecosystem, which straddles the border near Tanzania where more than 2,000 elephants move along in search of food and water.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
Tahoe straddles California and Nevada, plus several local counties and towns, often with differing guidelines on something as basic as stowing garbage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
RaiNao’s music straddles the mystical and the commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
A cluster of low buildings straddles the highway.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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Their answer was to promote a polyglot society that straddled the line between Western and Muslim sensibilities, while promising wealth, efficiency and stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 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
The Archers straddled those worlds of agriculture and broadcast, with the drama dreamt up as a creative way to inform farmers about new farming methods while entertaining people too.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
I’m amongst the last generation with a childhood that straddled both digital and analog media, but I always knew which one offered me the most expansive worldview.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025
Then, to kill time painlessly for the Comanches, he straddled his seat backward and released a new installment of “The Laughing Man.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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There’s a fine line between lucky and cursed, however, and Pulisic is straddling it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in 2023 ordered a 43-metre-tall golden statue of himself straddling an Akhal-Teke in a pose reminiscent of Napoleon Bonaparte.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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
The biggest worry was that Iran would close the critical Strait of Hormuz, a narrow body of water straddling the country’s southern coast.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
I stopped, still straddling my bike, and at first all I could hear was the river, its waters churning out an eerie lullaby.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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