gone straight

Example Sentences

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“If we had been just dry from that hottest March and gone straight into summer, that might have catapulted us into high fire season pretty early,” said Schoenfeld.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“The intensity around headlines has gone straight up.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

"Sometimes people call us stupid for coming to further our education because they know they are not going to be in debt, they've gone straight from school into earning."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Netflix has signed a $72 billion deal, but Paramount, which is bidding nearly $78 billion for the whole company, has gone straight to shareholders and threatened to wage a board fight at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

He had lied, of course, and had instead gone straight to his uncle to beg for enough cash to buy a plane ticket.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley