straight
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In releasing these details, the South African police said on Tuesday that they wanted to "set the record straight".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The top panel in the chart below shows the index rising for several straight sessions, while the bottom panel shows the daily number of advancing stocks minus declining stocks staying negative over the same stretch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
“My mother looked straight ahead, and then she turned and smiled at me,” he says.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The GDP report badly missed Bank of Canada and market expectations for growth of about 1.5% annualized, and triggered talk of a recession because of the two straight quarters of economic contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
I could see straight away that it was empty.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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