straighten
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When he promises her that he’ll straighten out his life, he sounds as desperate as all the other bad men who’ve tried those same pleas on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researchers identified four characteristics that can help determine whether a tilted tropical cyclone is likely to straighten vertically.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
“You want to straighten out your press,” Trump said before bringing the conversation to an end.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
I put it on and went to the bathroom to straighten my tie.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
A microlens array first aligns and straightens the light from each laser.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
“We are going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out,” Trump said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
The Mercator map is arguably the best for this purpose, because it straightens out spiraling rhumb lines, and that’s why it rose to dominance.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
Whatever you wear, I hope you share M&M’s and popcorn with someone who straightens your crown.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024
As William hears this news, his back straightens, his neck elongates, and his whole body seems to expand.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
“It’ll be back down once we get things straightened out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Phair is at home too, makeup on and hair straightened, various musical instruments on the wall behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A very kind woman working behind the desk straightened me out: I was being too literal.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
The eight runners were tightly grouped as they straightened up for home and then four went clear, with The Jukebox Man emerging victorious.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Billy slipped the coins into his pocket and straightened up.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Great effort went into straightening rivers to harness them for our use, but also into enabling agriculture by draining the wetlands."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
West of Hoover Street, the grid reorients itself, straightening into an American-style street grid.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
She’s known for straightening out the oil industry in Venezuela, making sure they could make money off it.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
He always barked and sometimes, even in daytime, he would start from under the porch, the hair on his back straightening before anyone had sighted a moving speck at the far end of the road.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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