straight
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I just wanted to see what she’d be like straight away, just to see what she came up with, which was a bit horrible of me, I suppose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
It’s what follows: A third straight month of firm underlying inflation reopens the question of how far and how fast the central bank must go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
It kept every statement, it charged interest straight through the shutdown, and it knows to the penny what your October cost.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
On Tuesday, CA chief executive Todd Greenberg said, with a straight face, he did not see "any compelling reason" to reopen the investigation into the ball-tampering saga.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
“And, Arlo, it’s straight home for you for a while. I mean it. No hanging out after school with your friends, at least for now. Do I make myself clear?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But then Mulaney rounded the curve with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the “Bluey” dad controversy and I sat up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Showing greater consistency on the toss, not throwing the ball too far in front and keeping her wrist straighter have been MacMillan's pointers for a more reliable serve.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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
It took the guards a second to recognize who was screaming at them, but I could tell the moment that they did, as they stood up just a hair straighter.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
The Second City-trained Chicagoan is up for his first Emmy, though, as the straightest shooter in the wackazoid cast of “Fargo’s” fifth season: North Dakota state trooper Witt Farr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
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
They went back and cut the straightest branch they could find from one of the trees.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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