straighten
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There’d be a loud pledge to straighten it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
“A lot of us, our hope is that eventually, history will straighten this all out and say, no, Gloria came in a little later, and her very loyal supporters have backtracked that history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“You want to straighten out your press,” Trump said before bringing the conversation to an end.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
I straighten up, and now Mrs. Krajewska is in the bedroom, Januka right behind her, mouthing “sorry.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Word spreads that Sparks starter Kelsey Plum will be there soon and everyone straightens up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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
He straightens it out and enhances its faded colour with careful strokes of a pencil.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
He visibly straightens and says to Drummond, “Devour feculence,” establishing that this is how he naturally speaks.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
My chin tilts up, my shoulders roll back, a vertebra pops in my spine as my posture straightens.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Instead of maintaining their curved shapes, the stems slowly straightened until they became nearly straight again.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
And so there was one extra thing to get straightened out this week: planning for his funeral, which was to be held the following weekend.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
"If there is a problem, I will get it straightened out," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It’ll be back down once we get things straightened out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She reached into her pocket, pulled out the paper, and busily straightened it until it was legible to her.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
To determine what caused this change, the team examined the structure of the wood that developed during the straightening process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
As he arrived, straightening his tie, to be confirmed in the top job in central London 10 days ago, I asked him why he'd taken so long.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Her hair had gotten thicker and turned more of a golden color, and she spent a lot of time in her room with the door shut, straightening her hair or curling it or something.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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