wide berth

Example Sentences

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If I wanted to invest in emerging markets right now, I’d buy small amounts of several of those and give the indexes and broad emerging-markets funds a wide berth.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

So, like many a Premier League midfielder in the 90s, he decided to give Roy Keane a wide berth, instead using existing material for his research.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Yet there is one banner day on the American calendar that I have always given a wide berth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It’s also home to elk, which you should give a wide berth if you’re lucky enough to see one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

It’s a long walk through the woods, longer because I give the encampments of the Folk here for the coronation a wide berth.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black