straddle

Example Sentences

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This week the five-month straddle was priced at about $1.75.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

“Events are in the saddle,” said Whipple, whose two most recent books document Biden’s struggles to straddle foreign and domestic affairs.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Needed: the most that we would pay for that near-term straddle, with the price of the straddle expressed as a percentage of the underlying stock price.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Canada’s count, at more than 250,000, doesn’t fully capture dual citizenship, or the flow of Americans whose daily lives straddle the border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

I swing my leg around to straddle the horse.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi