straight
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After going eight straight seasons without a 1,000-yard rusher—as long as any team in the NFL—the Chiefs inked Walker to a three-year contract worth over $43 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The main one is the lack of a long straight leading into a big braking zone.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Monarchs have three straight wins, including at Sierra Canyon, since a 19-12 loss to Orange Lutheran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“This is a good reminder that things don’t go up in a straight line.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
If Cookie wanted to go left, I wanted to go right, if she wanted to go right, I wanted to go left or straight ahead.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Later, the jet stream will take on a more southerly path, flowing faster and straighter towards our shores.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“She’s Captain America,” Bowe said, puffing out her chest and sitting up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
I lifted several doors off their hinges in our house last month to refinish the hardware and hang them straighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
I find myself sitting up a little straighter.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
From the Latin for "appropriate" or "straight," as if shaking muscles were the appropriate response, the straightest line the body has to shock.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
Bright light also causes the pupil to contract, fostering a pinhole effect, which reduces distortion by limiting your eyes to the straightest and most focused light rays.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
“Manhattan Beach,” the 2017 historical novel that plays it straightest — her uncle loved it; “I have never heard from him about other books” — felt like a departure because it was so familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
First off, I picked out the straightest nail I could find and fixed that sign up right.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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