straight
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That said, I think it’s too easy to draw a straight line between your respective backgrounds and your reactions to the $3 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs ended last week with two straight days of ETF inflows, according to data from Coinglass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Seconds into the second half, Slovenia went straight through the middle again.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Right after we get out of our wet clothes, they go straight to the laundry and get everything washed and dried for the next show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
They’re wearing clothes that are straight out of the ’80s.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Later, the jet stream will take on a more southerly path, flowing faster and straighter towards our shores.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
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
I’m suddenly standing up straighter and wearing an awkward smile.
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
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
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
“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
He was the longest baby Johnny had ever seen, had the straightest black hair, cried the least and ate the fastest.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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