Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See
straddle , v. i., andstraddle , v. t., 3.
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- verb Present participle of
straddle .
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Examples
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Libertarians and authoritarians have long argued over the role of government in straddling this distinction.
Britain's drugs hypocrisy is a giant self-inflicted wound Simon Jenkins 2010
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Hicks almost succeeds in straddling the two, blending in some smart generational satire.
Out of order 2008
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Hicks almost succeeds in straddling the two, blending in some smart generational satire.
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Yes, we have taxation without representation, and to sit idly by and let our Dem ‘representatives’ get away with fence-straddling is not an option for me.
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Under U.S. leadership we now have a new treaty which protects some of our most endangered fish; those are fish that migrate between various countries and parts of the world -- they're called straddling stocks.
Press Briefing By Katie Mcginty ITY National Archives 1998
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Based upon a High Resolution Airborne Magnetic ( "HRAM") and Gravity survey that was acquired and interpreted by InterOil in 2006-2007 in PPL 237, an anomaly similar to that defining the recent 8 TCF Elk/Antelope reef discovery (approximately 60km due east) has been identified as straddling the boundaries of these two adjoining PPLs.
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Based upon a High Resolution Airborne Magnetic ( "HRAM") and Gravity survey that was acquired and interpreted by InterOil in 2006-2007 in PPL 237, an anomaly similar to that defining the recent 8 TCF Elk/Antelope reef discovery (approximately 60km due east) has been identified as straddling the boundaries of these two adjoining PPLs.
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Many lists include all sorts of things that are purely optional and only occur when a person is "straddling".
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He's kind of straddling the lines between alligator, lizard, and dinosaur, too.
Dino-Mite! Jen 2008
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He's kind of straddling the lines between alligator, lizard, and dinosaur, too.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jen 2008
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