wide berth
Example Sentences
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“They’ll coil up into a striking position and if you give them a wide berth they won’t chase you down the trail.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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
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
Everyone gave his corner a wide berth except to feed and water him and change his paper.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
