straight
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With the S&P 500 notching a new record high earlier this week after three straight years of double-digit gains, a target of just above 10,000 probably appears within reach to many.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Arresting cockroaches straight off their flight shows an unprecedented level of fear."
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
"I think this research is an important example of the fact that scientific discovery is not a straight path," Gaensicke said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Not only does this place communities at risk but puts demand straight back into policing who must arrest, investigate and put the individual into custody."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
One stop later, I got off and headed straight to the condo development where Jessica lived.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The “new” Ridge Route, with its straighter and wider lanes, was called the Alternate when it opened in October 1933.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
He forced himself to keep his lip in, stand up straighter, and stare Chess right in the eye.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
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
“Manhattan Beach,” the 2017 historical novel that plays it straightest — her uncle loved it; “I have never heard from him about other books” — felt like a departure because it was so familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
They went back and cut the straightest branch they could find from one of the trees.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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