wide berth
Example Sentences
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Nonetheless Yale University Press has given the British historian Alec Ryrie a wide berth to write “The World’s Reformation,” a highly readable, sweeping and intrigue-filled story of Protestant missions among non-Europeans between 1560 and 1800.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The 1951 pact grants the US a wide berth to expand its military operations in Greenland.
From BBC ● May 12, 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
It’s also home to elk, which you should give a wide berth if you’re lucky enough to see one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
The crowd had almost dispersed now, the stragglers giving the monumental figure of Grawp a wide berth as he cuddled Hagrid, whose howls of grief were still echoing across the water.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
