straight
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And she is saying all this straight up, actually plainly saying it out loud.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
A 20% raise at 44 has two decades to compound, and if you’re still sending half of every raise straight to savings, you get the benefit twice.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
From this notebook page, handwritten by Martin McDonagh while sitting poolside in Los Angeles, the lisp line went straight into the mouth of John Malkovich in the new film Wild Horse Nine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The big question from here on out is whether the academy is comfortable giving him best picture for a second straight film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
He delivered it straight into the classroom and stayed on to see what was in it.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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
Officers "stood up faster and straighter when he entered a room" and Zhang "wasn't afraid to talk to foreigners", Thompson wrote in a Substack post about his encounter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Officials said the girl appeared to be wearing a wig with darker and straighter hair than her natural hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
They walked in silence until they reached the two gilded pillars marking the start of the Takatifu District, and Ekon stood straighter.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
He’s the straightest cat you will ever meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023
Never the straightest driver, Walker has so far kept his ball in play at tight, tree-lined Harbour Town and made enough putts to move in front.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
She took her time selecting it: the best, the straightest, the most perfectly balanced.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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