straighten
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“Fertilize the fig trees, straighten up the coat closet, fix the coffee machine, tidy the garage, grill the chicken, take the Chanel shoes to get stretched,” House said, rattling off her tasks for the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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 my spine, wipe my brow, and keep hooping.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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They then performed leg extensions, an exercise in which a person sits and straightens the lower legs against resistance to lift a weight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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
Clutching the bow in those strong toes, he raises it to chest level and straightens his leg to attain a full draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
He shakes free of his friends and straightens up.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
“I’m going to be helping a certain air company get themselves straightened away,” he said, after he learned it has significant domestic operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Then she did the same with five other cards before she straightened up and sighed.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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
"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“It is a little more of the same, but it is going to be straightening out,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“We’re supposed to be bright and alert pupils with intelligent and witty repartee,” Cumberbatch says, straightening up with feigned attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
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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