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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

“You want to straighten out your press,” Trump said before bringing the conversation to an end.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

“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

My heart jumped up in my throat as I watched Mrs. Wigginbottom heave herself to her feet and straighten her cuffs, clearly insulted by the tone my aunt had taken.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

Whatever you wear, I hope you share M&M’s and popcorn with someone who straightens your crown.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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

These optical imperfections bend the images of straight lines into gnarled curves that the calibration effectively straightens out.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024

Rubio straightens his clothes and Feathers smooths out her hair, ready to work.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

“It’ll be back down once we get things straightened out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

The eight runners were tightly grouped as they straightened up for home and then four went clear, with The Jukebox Man emerging victorious.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 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

At the last second, the plane banked wide along the side of the mountain, showed Akira its belly, and then straightened out to go shooting along the front edge of the fire.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Great effort went into straightening rivers to harness them for our use, but also into enabling agriculture by draining the wetlands."

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

We may all recoil in horror at “Mar-a-Lago face”—and you might be rolling your eyes at my foray into the world of butt-crack straightening.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

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

Instead of straightening, the metal leg snapped off.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret