bestrode

Definition of bestrodenext
past tense of bestride
as in straddled
to sit or ride with your legs on either side of (something) The dog liked to bestride the back of the sofa, and it was soon in tatters.

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straddled
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  • Then came last year’s The Most Dear and The Future, a slender collection of tracks that straddled a line between pop, ambient, folk, and dance with an air of rustic mysticism that seemed to travel through music circles like gossip bursting from localized containment.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • The song's music video, filmed on the USS Missouri, was the first ever to be banned from MTV, because the superstar straddled a cannon on the battleship and also wore a barely-there, now-iconic leotard.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
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“Bestrode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestrode. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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