This house straddles the border between Canada and the United States.
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Straddles
Synonyms for "straddles" (15 found)
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9 entriesboundary crossingcross domain positioncross-border activitydual domain stanceline crossinglong straddleseated straddleshort straddlestanding straddle
Collocations
12 entriesboundary crossingcross-border tradedual domain straddlehybrid stanceseated straddlestanding straddlestraddle positionthe boundarythe linetwo culturestwo marketswide stance
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The valley straddles the border between Switzerland and Austria.
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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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