wide berth

Example Sentences

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“They’ll coil up into a striking position and if you give them a wide berth they won’t chase you down the trail.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

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

And after the invasion, they would be giving any cities a wide berth.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld