verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
straddle the border (= cover land on both sides of it )
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This small village straddles the border between the West Bank and Jerusalem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
border
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Catholic and protestant church organization straddles the border .
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The Falls straddled the new international border .
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Several accessions straddle the border between literature and criticism.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He sat facing her, straddling the small wooden chair.
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Her job straddled marketing and public relations.
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I looked up to see her straddling one of the huge branches of the oak tree.
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Riders straddled their mountain bikes waiting for the race to begin.
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The forest straddles the U.S.- Mexico border.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a general argument it straddles the two others, being more limited than either but broader than each.
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Billy pushed his chair away from the table, straddling it, ready to move.
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The effect was heightened by the pavilions which straddled the track behind the main building.
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The worker must straddle and stretch across the distances, often very large distances.
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They cobbled together their economic theories, then, while straddling the secular and the sacred.
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When you straddle a thing it takes a long time to explain it.