wide berth
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They can, of course, give a wide berth to controversial topics in their songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
Moreover, American courts have given presidents a wide berth in using their power to grant pardons and reprieves.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 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
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