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

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

Moreover, American courts have given presidents a wide berth in using their power to grant pardons and reprieves.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2025

That was when I started going back to Grandpa and Uncle Stanley’s apartment for a weekly bath, though when I was there, I made sure to give Uncle Stanley a wide berth.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls