middle of the road
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Local police said initial findings suggested a "system malfunction" caused multiple vehicles to stop in the middle of the road on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
The social media user said they were "stuck" in the middle of the road for more than 30 minutes.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
Chesterton’s parable: If you stumble on a fence in the middle of the road, don’t take it down until you know why it’s there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
The man stood in the middle of the road in decadent Beverly Hills, gawking at one of those only-in-L.A. streetscapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
He saw the kid, the boy right there, right in the middle of the road.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
That middle-of-the-road phrasing is a result of the rising perils of wading into hot-button issues in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Broadcast news is a specific, middle-of-the-road animal whose viewers connect with the headline readers as opposed to the depth of the coverage itself.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2025
“We need to be that middle-of-the-road, trustworthy source. ... I think that’s our goal. The only way you can survive is not be an echo chamber of one side.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
People still bought CDs in supermarkets and Woolworths, and the majority of those CDs were dreary, middle-of-the-road efforts by acts like Katie Melua, Il Divo and Keane.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
Present day chemists would acquiesce in this statement after reading Mitchill's "middle-of-the-road" arguments.
From Priestley in America 1794-1804 by Smith, Edgar Fahs
