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 faulty messages that bombarded residents’ phones multiple times Thursday and Friday — including in the middle of the night — stoked confusion and panic across the vast county of 10 million.
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Make a well in the middle of the mixture and add in mashed bananas, egg, milk, shortening or oil, walnuts, and vanilla.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
The video game industry is in the middle of a crisis.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Make a well in the middle of the mixture and add in mashed bananas, egg, milk, shortening or oil, walnuts, and vanilla.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
The video game industry is in the middle of a crisis.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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“In the middle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20middle. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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