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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Tom Cruise was smack in the middle of a 360-degree crush at the annual Charles Finch and Chanel pre-BAFTA party on Saturday night and Sunday morning at the swanky 5 Hertford Street private member’s club Mayfair.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Parabolic trough collectors: Long, curved mirrors that concentrate the sun's ray on a pipe in the middle, heating liquid in the pipes that produces steam to run a generator.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Then in the middle of telling her, Damion breaks down.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
Before undergoing knee surgery in the middle of 2023, Steffen was still trying to establish a foothold as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough (on loan from Manchester City) in the EFL Championship in England.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Parabolic trough collectors: Long, curved mirrors that concentrate the sun's ray on a pipe in the middle, heating liquid in the pipes that produces steam to run a generator.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Then in the middle of telling her, Damion breaks down.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
Before undergoing knee surgery in the middle of 2023, Steffen was still trying to establish a foothold as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough (on loan from Manchester City) in the EFL Championship in England.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
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“In the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20middle. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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