straddle

Example Sentences

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“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

“I’m an essentially pretty private person, and it’s a tough line you have to straddle with the press. I definitely learned a lesson.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Needed: The most that we would pay for that near-term straddle, with the price of the straddle expressed as a percentage of the underlying stock price.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

He could straddle the bike for seconds at a time without touching the ground.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix