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Recent Examples of bestride
In a streaming world, where more than half of American homes no longer have a cable subscription, there is no way for a president to rhetorically bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.
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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
Russian mercenaries with the same shadowy Wagner Group now fighting in Ukraine bestride the Central African Republic, a country rich in gold and diamonds.
—Roger Cohen Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
His book is an attempt at redeeming a career wrecked by Robert Mueller’s prosecutors, who portrayed him as one of the most corrupt characters to ever bestride Washington.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022
With the new Gilded Age now fully in swing, we are ruled by a class of philosopher kings who bestride the business and political worlds.
—Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
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Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
Russian mercenaries with the same shadowy Wagner Group now fighting in Ukraine bestride the Central African Republic, a country rich in gold and diamonds.
—Roger Cohen Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
His book is an attempt at redeeming a career wrecked by Robert Mueller’s prosecutors, who portrayed him as one of the most corrupt characters to ever bestride Washington.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022
With the new Gilded Age now fully in swing, we are ruled by a class of philosopher kings who bestride the business and political worlds.
—Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestride
straddle
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Luckily, there’s no shortage of top pool accessories to shop online that straddle the line between luxe and useable, while lasting for many seasons of warm-weather fun.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
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Hakimi’s protagonist straddles the thin line between reality and fantasy, between cultures and languages, between hunting and being hunted.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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“Bestride.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestride. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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