straighten
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“If there are, we’ll have to straighten it out, but I don’t think there’s too many significant differences,” Trump said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
“You want to straighten out the budget?” he asked.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
Mom started acting like she really needed to straighten one of the pictures on Chess’s wall, above his bed.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A microlens array first aligns and straightens the light from each laser.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
The Mercator map is arguably the best for this purpose, because it straightens out spiraling rhumb lines, and that’s why it rose to dominance.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
He straightens it out and enhances its faded colour with careful strokes of a pencil.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Clutching the bow in those strong toes, he raises it to chest level and straightens his leg to attain a full draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
Momma straightens up and rubs Ms. Brenda’s shoulder.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in the 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain and reducing biodiversity.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
A very kind woman working behind the desk straightened me out: I was being too literal.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
“The tears that I have shed over this, the frustration, the hours on the phone, trying to get it straightened out,” said Reisen, who lives in the Philadelphia area.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
When his Part D drug plan declined to cover one of his medications, the office staff called the insurance company and got it straightened out, saving him time and frustration.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2025
Ambuya straightened up and put her hands on her hips.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
We may all recoil in horror at “Mar-a-Lago face”—and you might be rolling your eyes at my foray into the world of butt-crack straightening.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026
Together, they launched Altadena Girls to gather donations including beauty and hair products — fragrances, makeup, pimple patches, straightening tools and diffusers — and new clothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
“You called me Rosie just a minute ago. My name is Rosemary,” she says, straightening up.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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