| The man who bestrides the sumo world like a colossus has been implicated in match-fixing claims that are rocking Japan's national sport. |
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| He was in the impossible position of he who bestrides a tiger and is uncertain whether he should dismount, a deeply unhappy man. |
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| He may not be a political colossus but he bestrides Scotland with an absolute and unchallenged power. |
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| Disappointed at Eden Gardens, a venue that he normally bestrides like a colossus, and then got into trouble with the match officials too. |
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| Wearing embroidered palikari vest, puffy-sleeved poukamiso, and pleated foustanella shirt, my grandfather bestrides the gangway. |
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| As the twenty-first century gets under way, America bestrides the world like few other hegemonies in history. |
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| The bridge which bestrides the moat, leads on to the gardens, the latter retaining a medieval aspect. |
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| Dreams play a very important part in the novel, and the image of the elephant bearing the obelisk we see in Dalí's painting effectively bestrides the dream. |
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