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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For the longest time, the company, which is based outside Reno in Sparks, Nevada, has been firmly entrenched in the middle tier of the aerospace-defense industry, miles away from the industry’s five giants, including Lockheed Martin (revenue: $67.6 billion) and Northrop Grumman ($39.3 billion). —Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

All that matters is whoever is the best in the middle of December. —Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024

The entertainment giant was in the middle of its biennial D23 conference, and Saturday night was the flagship event for Disney’s Experiences division, where chairman Josh D’Amaro would lay out the company’s long-term plans. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024

The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented bout of bird flu, also known as H5N1. —Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024