straighten

There’d be a loud pledge to straighten it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

When he promises her that he’ll straighten out his life, he sounds as desperate as all the other bad men who’ve tried those same pleas on him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

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

I stuff my hands in my pockets and straighten my back.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

“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

Then she straightens her shoulders and leaves without looking back, her high heels tapping down the length of the car.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

They locked the safe, replaced the floorboards and straightened the runner over them.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

As he arrived, straightening his tie, to be confirmed in the top job in central London 10 days ago, I asked him why he'd taken so long.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Lupita glanced behind her and saw her aunt harvesting, never straightening up.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty