wide berth
Example Sentences
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Refusing to believe it, GMO gave wide berth to the high-tech darlings of the day but instead bought such bubble-market castoffs as high-dividend-paying real-estate investment trusts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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
“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
"While the First Amendment generally gives politicians wide berth to lie, the court has been much more restrictive of First Amendment freedoms when IP rights are at stake," Lemley said.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024
People step aside, giving him a wide berth.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
