middle course
Example Sentences
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The decision was viewed as the middle course between all-out war and the blockade after meeting with senior Pentagon officials last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
In general, authorities focused on regulating public morals rather than intruding on private lives, but this "middle course," with or without a mince pie ban, still provoked resistance and fury that often turned to violence.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
But in steering a middle course between those positions, Piper said, he knew that he and the museum could annoy both sides.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024
The kingdom has steered a middle course in Ukraine's war.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2022
They put them on and just before they took flight Daedalus warned Icarus to keep a middle course over the sea.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
