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

"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

But it sounds like Ridley Scott gave you a wide berth to interpret Josephine?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Thalia already had Aegis on her arm, and even our own teammates were giving her a wide berth, trying not to cower before the bronze head of Medusa.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan