straight
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But for the second straight year, the Brewers finished the regular season with MLB's best record and they then proved their class with a dominant run in the play-offs.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Manufacturers appear to have turned the corner after three straight years of job losses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
But it’s all pretty straight “as a family business owner, I understand the struggle” type stuff.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
The South Korean memory-chip maker reported that its net profit more than tripled in the third quarter, while revenue and operating profit hit record highs for a sixth straight quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
She’s heading to campus today, so her hair is straight and she’s wearing her professor clothes: black pants and a pale blue top with small silver studs in her ears.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Rosalía makes these zigzags with every release, choosing to slalom downhill when most of her peers take a straighter, safer path.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
But then Mulaney rounded the curve with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the “Bluey” dad controversy and I sat up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Later, the jet stream will take on a more southerly path, flowing faster and straighter towards our shores.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Eddie sits up straighter and then waves her hand in the air.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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
It wasn’t the straightest path and there were times when Crawford and the Mariners wondered if he’d ever grow into all that was expected.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
He’s the straightest cat you will ever meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023
“That said, do not presume to change a word of what I say. If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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