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
It’s also home to elk, which you should give a wide berth if you’re lucky enough to see one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Now give those kine a wide berth, keep your thoughts intent upon your course for home, and hard seafaring brings you all to Ithaka.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
