straddling

Example Sentences

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There’s a fine line between lucky and cursed, however, and Pulisic is straddling it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

In the early period of running the club, Arsenal found themselves - in Kroenke's own words - "straddling strategies" as they chased Champions League qualification and trophies.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Tinubu said in his statement that al-Minuki, also known as Abu-Mainok, was slain along with his lieutenants, "on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin", a restive region straddling Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Instead of hand-wringing about all of the doom and gloom like so many other filmmakers, Anderson lets the viewer have some fun, deftly straddling the line between bleak and downright silly.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

On the other side of the highway, the forest straddling the road closed around us.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx