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Examples
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Further gains are possible given spreads to Germany remain wide.
All-Clear in Euro-Zone Government Bonds? Richard Barley 2010
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The next one is so short and legside it's called a wide.
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If you had kept it up your posts would be appearing in columns only one word wide.
Poll: Two Thirds Say Hillary Should Stay In Even If She Loses One Big State 2009
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And when I attempted to try on two other pairs of boots, they to weren't available in wide.
No new boots for me today drewan 2006
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Hastings bowls a slower bouncer which still loops up high enough to be called a wide.
The Guardian World News Alan Gardner 2011
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Shahzad's first ball, another slow bouncer, is harshly called wide.
The Guardian World News Alan Gardner 2011
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The crowd cheered him on his run-in after the dismissal of Boje, hoping for a hat-trick, but were disappointed when the ball was called wide.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Strauss, it has to be recorded, dropped a chance offered by Shane Watson when he chased a ball that would have been called a wide.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The first ball is really very short indeed, and is called a wide.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The crowd cheered him on his run-in after the dismissal of Boje, hoping for a hat-trick, but were disappointed when the ball was called wide.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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