middle of the road

"People say their children were given dignity. They were worth going in the front door and they were worth fighting for, and you stood in the middle of the road and said so."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

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

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

On the west side of the dam, a black van swerved to a stop in the middle of the road, nearly plowing into some old people.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

In a matter of days, Ed Sheeran has gone from the most agreeable, defiantly middle-of-the-road singer-songwriter on the pop charts to music’s newest villain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Aiming for middle-of-the-road returns could still be a compelling strategy if the midcaps produced superior risk-adjusted performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Stevens, 43, took a more moderate approach, pitching herself as the middle-of-the-road candidate who would appeal to voters unsure of which party to back in November.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

As the nomination of Bryan for President was practically a foregone conclusion, the "middle-of-the-road" element concentrated its energies on preventing the nomination of Arthur Sewall of Maine, the choice of the Democracy, for Vice-President.

From The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics by Solon J. (Solon Justus) Buck