berth
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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
Giving them Iran’s berth would solve that problem but it would create another; who would replace Iraq in the playoff against the Suriname-Bolivia winner?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Miami lost the MAC championship game in 1999, and still received an at-large berth as a No. 10 seed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Also in Dubai, debris from an "aerial interception" caused a fire in a berth at the Jebel Ali deep sea port - the world's ninth busiest.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
The crowd had almost dispersed now, the stragglers giving the monumental figure of Grawp a wide berth as he cuddled Hagrid, whose howls of grief were still echoing across the water.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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