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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

“If there are, we’ll have to straighten it out, but I don’t think there’s too many significant differences,” Trump said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

I rarely straighten my mop of thick, curly hair, and when I do, it’s not always a great experience.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

At once, I straighten, hoping I look mature, like the kind of girl who can be trusted.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

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

Whatever you wear, I hope you share M&M’s and popcorn with someone who straightens your crown.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024

With fierce, sudden grace, Brent’s arms extend while almost simultaneously, he straightens his back leg as his front foot skims forward.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“It’ll be back down once we get things straightened out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

Bigklit, formerly Indigo Vanity: That’s what a lot of people knew me for: the curly, big half-pink, half-black hair with my straightened bangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

In pictures, she can be seen smiling sweetly at the camera in a smart black suit with straightened brown hair during a visit to the Financial Times in 2010.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

When she straightened, Vasilisa was staring at her, puzzled.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

For centuries, the UK has modified landscapes to move water off the land as quickly as possible by draining uplands and peatlands, straightening rivers and disconnecting rivers from floodplains.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

“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

She’s known for straightening out the oil industry in Venezuela, making sure they could make money off it.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026

“You called me Rosie just a minute ago. My name is Rosemary,” she says, straightening up.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen