straddle

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

A tunnel links the SpaceX and Boring properties, which straddle a public road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Lake Ontario is the smallest by surface area of the five Great Lakes, which straddle the border between the United States and Canada.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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

“Sho he did, Lige. But he didn’t mean tuh. He wuz satisfied up dere, but de mule wuzn’t. So one mornin’ he got straddle uh de mule and he took and brought ’im on off.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Inde Navarrette, “Obsession” “Julianne Moore straddles comedy and pathos better than anyone – usually in separate movies. ‘

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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

For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on Aug. 14, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

Enrique straddles a broom, pretending it’s a donkey, trotting around the muddy yard.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

His rhythm arrangements wisely straddled romantic soul and dance to maximize radio and club attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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

He straddled the chair backward and stared into Brannon’s eyes as though he were a carnivore studying food.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Volvo Cars, a Swedish carmaker owned by a Chinese company that has a factory and material sales in the U.S., is no stranger to straddling geopolitical divides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret