in the middle

idiom

: in a difficult or unpleasant position

She hated conflict and did not want to be put in the middle.

He was caught in the middle when his parents got divorced.

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The Geminid meteor shower peaks in the middle of December, with the most activity this year expected late Friday and into early Saturday, according to NASA. —

Chandelis Duster, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024 Canada has been running its Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) system for several years, and the European Union is set to launch the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) in the middle of 2025. —

Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 When a young girl begins menstruating, she’s seen reclining in a bathtub in the middle of a jungle as a pool of blood blossoms in the water. —

Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024 The mattress, though, was resting on the coffee table in the middle of the room. —

Richard Engel, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the middle

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