- present participle of straddle.
straddling
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In fact, some of America’s long-standing allies have already started straddling.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Volvo Cars, a Swedish carmaker owned by a Chinese company that has a factory and material sales in the U.S., is no stranger to straddling geopolitical divides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now another U.S. team is straddling the same line separating fame from failure, and Pulisic figures to have a huge say in which side the Americans land on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in 2023 ordered a 43-metre-tall golden statue of himself straddling an Akhal-Teke in a pose reminiscent of Napoleon Bonaparte.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mollie’s family was straddling not only two centuries but two civilizations.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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