straddled

past tense of straddle
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as in perched
to be in or move into a seated or standing position with your legs on either side of (something) She straddled the horse and waited for her riding partner to mount.

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Recent Examples of straddled 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 Billed as Sublime with Rome, the project straddled the line between tribute act and reinvention. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 In Tennessee, Vrabel’s defenses straddled league average most years. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025 Unlike previous starts this season, Verlander wouldn’t be straddled with a no decision due to a lack of offense. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025 The best response to being straddled by Jonathan Groff? EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Airbnb beat second-quarter forecasts and issued third-quarter sales guidance that straddled analysts' estimates. Medora Lee, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straddled
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  • On a late summer morning in the Pacific Palisades, dozens of hummingbirds rise from the ashes of Spencer Pratt‘s scorched hillside property, where his 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom home once perched.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Dramatically perched on a cliffside, this gravity-defying marvel has weathered the rise and fall of empires.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Over the course of a conversation that spanned more than a million words and 300 hours, the bot encouraged Brooks to adopt grandiose beliefs, validated his delusions, and led him to believe the technological infrastructure that underpins the world was in imminent danger.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The items were worn by historical figures who spanned the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • The new coach shook hands, smiled for cell phone pictures and signed posters for wave after wave of kids.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Judkins shook a tackle and showed impressive acceleration on his 46-yard run for the game’s first touchdown, but otherwise the Browns just took what was available and followed the lead of their defense.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • So, football has always been a very big part of my life, but it’s never intersected with being an actress.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In recent years, analyses have found that 97 lawmakers had bought or sold stock in companies that intersected with their committee work, including more than a dozen members who oversaw the Pentagon and had financial ties to defense contractors.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • His new changeup ducked under bats to bamboozle the Mariners’ lefties.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a handshake attempt during the final seconds, Branch ducked Mahomes, prompting Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to approach him.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.
    Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Straddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straddled. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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