wide berth

Example Sentences

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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

Other oil supertankers are giving Venezuela a wide berth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

“With this much activity, transnational criminal organizations have a wide berth to operate and exploit vulnerabilities, and the defendants charged in this indictment took full advantage,” Eddy Wang, special agent in charge with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Those who passed by gave me a wide berth.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein