In an effort to tread water somewhere between entertainment and serious scholarship, some colleges sought inspiration this year from television news.

A6 Honduras votes for a leader to tread between two wars.

I am treading the middle ground here between Harry and Lenore.

Treading carefully between the scattered heaps of bones, she resumed her steady march south.

They trod between vertical walls beneath an arched roof.

Concert versions of musicals treat the script like a road we tread lightly between songs.

Miles of dusty road to tread between checkpoints.

And the Master has to tread warily between all these powers.

Treading the fine line between grandiose and gaudy, glass furniture can be a guilty pleasure.

A nearby sign read "Danger of Death," so we trod carefully between them.