straight
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There had been a trend in museum science away from this, and away from straight chronology.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Home has certainly been an advantage for the Dodgers, who drew a sellout crowd of 53,027 Thursday, pushing the team’s total home attendance over 4 million for the second straight year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Betty, who came straight to the team from the beach, underwent more specialist care.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sentiment among German businesses rose for a fifth straight month in September to its highest level since May 2023, as the country’s tentative economic recovery holds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Petite and Black, with hundreds of tiny braids cascading down her back, she walked with unexpectedly long strides, eating up the pavement while looking straight ahead, body framed by late-afternoon summer sunlight.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“She’s Captain America,” Bowe said, puffing out her chest and sitting up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The whole animal, resewn and restuffed, had the same shape but a different bearing, the backs and necks straighter, the ears perkier; the eyes shone now with a knowing glint.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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
“Manhattan Beach,” the 2017 historical novel that plays it straightest — her uncle loved it; “I have never heard from him about other books” — felt like a departure because it was so familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
“That said, do not presume to change a word of what I say. If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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