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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Yet, one bright light shines in the middle of the Midwest — Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City.
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Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Corn, 55, is smack in the middle of that 52-57 age bracket when women experience precipitous bone density loss but received her diagnosis at 40.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
The victims, identified as a 67-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both veered off a highway in Orange City after striking an alligator in the middle of the lanes.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 4 June 2025
Well, we have been known to change lyrics in the middle of a run.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
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Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Corn, 55, is smack in the middle of that 52-57 age bracket when women experience precipitous bone density loss but received her diagnosis at 40.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
The victims, identified as a 67-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both veered off a highway in Orange City after striking an alligator in the middle of the lanes.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 4 June 2025
Well, we have been known to change lyrics in the middle of a run.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
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“In the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20middle. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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