wide berth

Example Sentences

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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

Other oil supertankers are giving Venezuela a wide berth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

I would have given wide berth to the man we spotted across the street, who was swaying slightly and holding onto a corner fence post as if for support.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

I notice, because I can’t help it, that some of the people we pass on the way to the meeting give me nasty looks, or a wide berth.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth