wide berth
Example Sentences
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Refusing to believe it, GMO gave wide berth to the high-tech darlings of the day but instead bought such bubble-market castoffs as high-dividend-paying real-estate investment trusts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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
Moreover, American courts have given presidents a wide berth in using their power to grant pardons and reprieves.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 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
There were inns, but aside from the occasional drink I stole from horse troughs, I gave them a wide berth.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
