wide berth
Example Sentences
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But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
If I wanted to invest in emerging markets right now, I’d buy small amounts of several of those and give the indexes and broad emerging-markets funds a wide berth.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026
So, like many a Premier League midfielder in the 90s, he decided to give Roy Keane a wide berth, instead using existing material for his research.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
Producers then took a wide berth around the region—until Comstock showed up with new technology, data and Jones’s blessing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
It’s a long walk through the woods, longer because I give the encampments of the Folk here for the coronation a wide berth.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
