straight
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At the time, scientists questioned whether light traveled only as particles in straight lines or behaved as waves that could bend and spread.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Business investment in Canada has declined for five straight quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Synear Foods’ pork-and-mushroom shumai, sold at Costco and H Mart, can go straight from the freezer to the steamer and be served right in the basket.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yet France produced nearly 100 World Cup players who played for 13 countries this summer, and its team reached the semifinals for a third straight tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
I could see straight away that it was empty.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
Officers "stood up faster and straighter when he entered a room" and Zhang "wasn't afraid to talk to foreigners", Thompson wrote in a Substack post about his encounter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
“In the photo, Melodee is wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and what appears to be a wig that is darker and straighter than her natural hair,” the office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
He improved the more he bowled, a fuller length and straighter line to better the five-wicket haul he took in this ground against West Indies last year.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
I sit up a little straighter, as if he's patted me on the back.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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
He’s the straightest cat you will ever meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023
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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