straight off
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Her catastrophically timed and shockingly slow run in the event she usually owns dropped her two-woman U.S. team from first down to fourth place and straight off the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
A great, giddy blast of air from the 750-horsepower fans blew my bangs straight off my forehead.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
At its simplest, freshly cut corn straight off the cob is perfectly delectable.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
I punched it straight off the lot, this Hummer with only two motors and only 570 horsepower, which didn’t matter much, because traffic was a knot and we could barely move.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
But on Wednesday afternoon, he skids straight off the edge.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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