straddle

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This week the five-month straddle was priced at about $1.75.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Currently, the five-month straddle is priced at about $1.75.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“Events are in the saddle,” said Whipple, whose two most recent books document Biden’s struggles to straddle foreign and domestic affairs.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Canada’s count, at more than 250,000, doesn’t fully capture dual citizenship, or the flow of Americans whose daily lives straddle the border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand