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as in to span
to be on both sides of (something)
The town straddles the river. The movie straddles the line between comedy and drama.
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as in to shake
to agree with or seem to agree with two opposite sides of (something)
The politician straddled the issue for weeks.
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Recent Examples of straddle
This axis also straddles two of the countries with the most muscular production and VFX tax incentives in Europe.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Black Lake, for example, straddles two counties — Cheboygan, which has a 2012 FEMA flood plain map, and Presque Isle, where most areas have never been mapped.
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Tammy Webber,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Though the park straddles the border of Maryland and Virginia, camping at Assateague is available only on the Maryland side.
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Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Just outside Charlotte, the park straddles the North Carolina-South Carolina border, with the state line marked through the plaza.
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Jacqueline Dole,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Black Lake, for example, straddles two counties — Cheboygan, which has a 2012 FEMA flood plain map, and Presque Isle, where most areas have never been mapped.
—
Tammy Webber,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Though the park straddles the border of Maryland and Virginia, camping at Assateague is available only on the Maryland side.
—
Andrea Romano,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
Just outside Charlotte, the park straddles the North Carolina-South Carolina border, with the state line marked through the plaza.
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Jacqueline Dole,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
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Hop the Matterhorn Glacier Ride cable car to the Klein Matterhorn, perched at about 12,500 feet.
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Kalaloch is located along the Pacific coast on the western side of Olympic National Park, perched above a series of long sandy beaches.
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Its qualities spanned the flavor bridge between scallop and lobster.
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The divide is most prominent in the 10th Congressional District, which spans Lower Manhattan and brownstone neighborhoods of Brooklyn like Cobble Hill and Park Slope.
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The early goal from Germany was a bit demoralizing for the South American team, but Nilson Angulo was able to shake it off with a beautiful shot in the ninth minute to equalize.
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Any worries about complacency were wiped away in the third minute when Auston Trusty fired home the opening goal and caused the stands at SoFi Stadium to shake (literally) with the noise and jumping fans.
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Housing sits at the center of that strategy.
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With the completion of a multi-year effort to modernize Baltimore’s rail infrastructure — raising bridges, modifying overpasses and expanding the Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stack container trains — Baltimore once again sits at the center of a national rail breakthrough.
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With 24 main characters interwoven around the town of Nashville, home of country music and intersecting political undercurrents, the film tries to make sense of the chaos.
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If the path of the comet intersects with Earth’s orbit, the Earth will collide with these debris fields in its yearly orbit around the Sun.
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Guests can walk along the nearby Rim Village Promenade before ducking into its lobby to enjoy the cozy fireplace, Mission furniture, and tree trunk columns.
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Otherwise, Makar will be wincing through pain trying to explain the unfathomable, Blackwood will be dropping F-bombs in disbelief and MacKinnon will be ducking reporters despite being the team’s best player.
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His career essentially bestrides the slow-to-grow Before Times and the apparent soccer paradise of today, which was fortified by remarkable facilities, boosted by an ideal central location and forged by an eagerly welcoming host city that slugged above its weight to make this happen.
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The Lone Star State is already a literal powerhouse that bestrides domestic energy production.
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In 2024, according to Space Foundation estimates, the commercial space products and services industry comprised well over half of the economy’s total value, a shift largely attributed to the enhancement and expansion of satellite technology.
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The clone also comprised a large portion of the Chardonnay vines used in the famous 1973 Château Montelena Chardonnay that won the historic 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, defeating many of France's top white Burgundies.
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“Straddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straddle. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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