straight
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And the team arranged for No. 1 prospect Josue De Paula to meet the team in Miami, called up straight from double-A for his MLB debut on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
America’s office market has seen four straight quarters of occupancy gains, JLL Research said, noting that “cities and office buildings are active again and commuting activity continues to increase.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Oil futures rose 6.7% to $102.48 a barrel, marking the eighth straight gain and the highest settlement since May 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The manner in which they patiently broke down Napoli's resistance, with the Serie A side utilising a defensive shield straight from veteran coach Max Allegri's well-thumbed playbook, showed calmness and maturity.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
She looks me straight in the eye and says, ‘I did have a sister.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Officers "stood up faster and straighter when he entered a room" and Zhang "wasn't afraid to talk to foreigners", Thompson wrote in a Substack post about his encounter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
He improved the more he bowled, a fuller length and straighter line to better the five-wicket haul he took in this ground against West Indies last year.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
Matthew Murdock returns to us on a straighter path, choosing his daylight identity as a lawyer over his secret vigilante life.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
She stood up a little straighter, but she had no time to gather her courage, because outside the thoom came again, lower now and with subtler tremors, and then again and again in rhythmic repetition.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
It’s the straightest thing about me, how little I know about astrology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
England's plan to Gill was clear after his success at Headingley: their lines were the straightest they have bowled at a batter in 16 years as the pace bowlers targeted the pads.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
It wasn’t the straightest path and there were times when Crawford and the Mariners wondered if he’d ever grow into all that was expected.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
He’s the straightest cat you will ever meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023
They took the two straightest trees, hacked the limbs and branches from them, skinned off their bark, and split them, laying the logs in a square.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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