straddle

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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

“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

The scholarship boy does not straddle, cannot reconcile, the two great opposing cultures of his life.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez