straight
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It is the best Sasaki has pitched in his major-league career, a frightening proposition for the rest of the sport as the Dodgers pursue their third straight championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
UC admitted more international students for a third straight year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bloom Energy also raised its outlook for the full year for a second straight time, calling for revenue between $3.9 billion and $4.2 billion, and adjusted EPS between $2.55 and $2.85.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
It has topped the US box office for two straight weeks and already taken $640 million worldwide.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
He shakes his dark hair out of his eyes as he walks straight toward you.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"There are certain judges who, if they're on the case, you kind of stand up a little bit straighter," said Edelson.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
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
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Matthew Murdock returns to us on a straighter path, choosing his daylight identity as a lawyer over his secret vigilante life.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
He wasn’t scared of her exactly, but there was something severe in her pale green eyes that made Danny sit up straighter and brush his hair away from his eyes.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
It’s the straightest thing about me, how little I know about astrology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
It wasn’t the straightest path and there were times when Crawford and the Mariners wondered if he’d ever grow into all that was expected.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
From the Latin for "appropriate" or "straight," as if shaking muscles were the appropriate response, the straightest line the body has to shock.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
Over the carcass of the horse, they built a platform of hewn logs; trunks of smaller trees and limbs from the greater, and the thickest straightest branches they could find.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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