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KLAIPEDA, Lithuania—Germany’s top military officer, Gen. Carsten Breuer, stood astride a map of Lithuania laid out on the floor of a makeshift command post in this port city on the Baltic Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In the ad he seems to stand astride the world, a 2010s Michael Bay-style epic zoom-out to space revealing the global reach of both his vacant stare and the Salesforce CRM.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

The video then cuts to footage from “Supergirl” that shows Momoa’s Lobo laughing astride a motorcycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Somaliland sits astride one of the world's most strategic maritime choke points, flanked by multiple conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

That tree-lined neighborhood at the top of the smaller slope must be the Crest, Magdalys thought, where all the affluent Brooklynites were said to live, promenading along the streets astride their graceful duckbills.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older