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Verb
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In Latakia, a giant bronze figure was knocked over and then dragged through the streets as people straddled its head like a Jet Ski.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026 -
The Toronto Maple Leafs have typically straddled the limits of the NHL’s dress code.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Kay squatted by a monitor, bobbing his head to the beat.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Bestridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestridden. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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