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"The jeopardy of losing one game is so harsh, it's almost like we don't get another chance to straighten things out," added McDermott.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

“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

“You want to straighten out your press,” Trump said before bringing the conversation to an end.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Before I have a chance to straighten up, off comes the other supermarket beauty.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

On her character’s wedding day, Colman traipses into the church like it’s a prank, then nervously straightens up as she realizes this ceremony is serious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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

Mr. Barris straightens a pile of papers on his desk while he considers his response.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

For the next half hour, he straightened up and tried to fix the television as his sons, his daughter-in-law, and a grandchild gathered outside the house.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

"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

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

Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye