Straddles

"Straddles" in a Sentence (3 examples)

This house straddles the border between Canada and the United States.

The valley straddles the border between Switzerland and Austria.

The beam of particles is now traveling around the 27-kilometer underground tunnel, which straddles the Swiss-French border near Geneva. It will take a couple of months for the LHC to get up to speed. The accelerated protons will travel at nearly the speed of light.

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