straight
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Wood was in Noosa, then left the tour straight after.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
There has been “another risk-off session as U.S. equities sold off for a third straight session” overnight, UOB’s Global Economics & Markets Research team says in a report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The nearly two-mile-long road runs straight north and south along the western edge of the Spring Valley Lake community with few protected intersections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
I highly recommend skipping Google, skipping ChatGPT, and going straight to INeedAnA.com.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Phillies pitcher strikes out the hitter on three straight pitches, and I clap along with everyone else, then clear my throat.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"There are certain judges who, if they're on the case, you kind of stand up a little bit straighter," said Edelson.
From BBC ● May 6, 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
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
I find myself sitting up a little straighter.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
The Second City-trained Chicagoan is up for his first Emmy, though, as the straightest shooter in the wackazoid cast of “Fargo’s” fifth season: North Dakota state trooper Witt Farr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
Bright light also causes the pupil to contract, fostering a pinhole effect, which reduces distortion by limiting your eyes to the straightest and most focused light rays.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
First off, I picked out the straightest nail I could find and fixed that sign up right.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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