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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

I straighten my pencil, my folder, and my book so they’re all perfectly lined up with even spaces between each item.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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

Word spreads that Sparks starter Kelsey Plum will be there soon and everyone straightens up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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 straightens it out and enhances its faded colour with careful strokes of a pencil.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

She comes and straightens up my turtleneck collar.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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

She’s straightened her coat so much while she’s talked that it’s completely off center and just slides off her arm to the floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

"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

“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

West of Hoover Street, the grid reorients itself, straightening into an American-style street grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

“We have to do something about all this,” Natalie said, straightening up.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz