Straddles and Turns

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Turns and straddles are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turns" instead a verb "Straddles".

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Straddles and turns are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Straddles" instead a verb "Turns".

In The World Is Not Enough, Elektra King mentions that a man being throttled to death will get an erection and straddles Bond's waist as she turns the screws on him.

Source: Erotic Asphyxiation
The song playing in the background, "Somebody's Watching Me", turns the ad from Uncanny Valley into Paranoia Fuel, although it is mild compared to some of the items on this list, given that it straddles the line between creepy and cute.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Advertising
Dr. Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap straddles the line; while still amnesiac he recalls how to halt a premature labor, and then balks when Al tells him to do something requiring another degree; turns out medicine is just one of the six doctorates he holds.

Source: Not That Kind of Doctor

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