straighten

“You have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We’ll straighten that out in two weeks, easier than D.C.,”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

Her forfeit was to straighten her mop of curly hair for the team's evening meal.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Sometimes in the middle of sowing or reaping or tilling, or the innumerable tasks the land demanded, he would stop and straighten up, breathing hard and trembling.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

Clutching the bow in those strong toes, he raises it to chest level and straightens his leg to attain a full draw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024

“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

He straightens, returning his full attention to the road, but continues to rub my shoulder.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

A very kind woman working behind the desk straightened me out: I was being too literal.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

Bigklit, formerly Indigo Vanity: That’s what a lot of people knew me for: the curly, big half-pink, half-black hair with my straightened bangs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

“The tears that I have shed over this, the frustration, the hours on the phone, trying to get it straightened out,” said Reisen, who lives in the Philadelphia area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

When his Part D drug plan declined to cover one of his medications, the office staff called the insurance company and got it straightened out, saving him time and frustration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2025

Pita straightened her clothes as she stared at the church.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

She’s known for straightening out the oil industry in Venezuela, making sure they could make money off it.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026

“We’re supposed to be bright and alert pupils with intelligent and witty repartee,” Cumberbatch says, straightening up with feigned attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

Over the weekend a Xinhua report on Li Qiang's visit said that engineers would conduct "straightening" work and "divert water through tunnels" to build five cascading power stations.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025

He may be the latest out of many to play the role, but the same devotion to straightening odd knots keeps him ever-relevant.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

I got up from the table in a hurry, straightening my bonnet and grabbing my black knit bag.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan