wide berth
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless Yale University Press has given the British historian Alec Ryrie a wide berth to write “The World’s Reformation,” a highly readable, sweeping and intrigue-filled story of Protestant missions among non-Europeans between 1560 and 1800.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
“With this much activity, transnational criminal organizations have a wide berth to operate and exploit vulnerabilities, and the defendants charged in this indictment took full advantage,” Eddy Wang, special agent in charge with the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
As a result, their caretakers and fellow creatures give them a wide berth, which only makes them more lonely, mistrustful, and snappish than before.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
