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It took a meeting with the inflation-slaying giant of a former Fed chair, Paul Volcker, to straighten him out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025

Now, it is helping the company straighten up its balance sheet—and getting its hands on a major business in return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

When the pole starts to straighten, Duplantis is fully upside down and rotates his body to face away from the runway while still applying pressure to the pole.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

Mom started acting like she really needed to straighten one of the pictures on Chess’s wall, above his bed.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“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

He visibly straightens and says to Drummond, “Devour feculence,” establishing that this is how he naturally speaks.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025

“These are the people who died fighting against the junta,” says Vala as he straightens a bouquet that’s fallen over near the grave of his brother-in-law.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

He straightens and smooths his hair back into place over his head, and his eyes lock on mine.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

He played sensibly, taking 80 balls over his 58, until he was bowled by a wicked delivery from Foulkes that angled in, then straightened.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

A very kind woman working behind the desk straightened me out: I was being too literal.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

“The tears that I have shed over this, the frustration, the hours on the phone, trying to get it straightened out,” said Reisen, who lives in the Philadelphia area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

When his Part D drug plan declined to cover one of his medications, the office staff called the insurance company and got it straightened out, saving him time and frustration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2025

Glory straightened her back and cleared her throat, like she was getting ready to give a presentation in front of the whole class.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

West of Hoover Street, the grid reorients itself, straightening into an American-style street grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Over the weekend a Xinhua report on Li Qiang's visit said that engineers would conduct "straightening" work and "divert water through tunnels" to build five cascading power stations.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025

He may be the latest out of many to play the role, but the same devotion to straightening odd knots keeps him ever-relevant.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

These findings highlight that fibril reorientation, straightening, stretching, and sliding are crucial mechanisms facilitating whole-disc compression.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

“There now,” he says, straightening up, “I’ll take just a minute. If I move too fast, my head forgets where it is.”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick