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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestrode
straddled
Verb
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When football was introduced in the early 1890s, beer enthusiasts instantly took to the sport and straddled the Mississippi River like a roulette wheel, only with one side wearing red and the other black and gold.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The tensions are evident and the frosty relations between the countries are constantly straddled by administrators.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Bestrode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestrode. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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