straddle
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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
Ontario is the smallest by surface area of the five Great Lakes, which straddle the Canada-US border between Ontario province and the US state of New York.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Cost: Price of the straddle expressed as a percentage of the underlying stock price.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Betrawati straddles flood-devastated Rasuwa and Nuwakot, and is part of the Bidur municipality, where the government estimates more than 3,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The home sits in an area that straddles both cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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
A cluster of low buildings straddles the highway.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
His rhythm arrangements wisely straddled romantic soul and dance to maximize radio and club attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
As Neil Simpson straddled a gate at the start of his slalom run on Sunday, it perhaps summed up just how tricky these Winter Paralympics have been for Great Britain.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 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
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
Up the road, past Doña Zena’s house, Jenny straddled her two-wheeler.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
In fact, some of America’s long-standing allies have already started straddling.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
It will make Centalion a major player in the Haynesville basin, a prolific gas patch straddling Texas and Louisiana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Until 2021, players were honoured for performances over a calendar year, straddling two different seasons.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
In my experience, being the middle child meant straddling the best of both worlds.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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