straight
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Futures point to a second straight day of declines for U.S. benchmarks today after they hit records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The 60.9 percent year-on-year increase in exports was the 35th straight month of growth, the finance ministry said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Until then, the Kings may continue making an unwanted kind of history; they haven’t opened a season with four straight losses this century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Tuesday, 10 of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors finished in the green for a third straight session for the first time since December 2023, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
She snapped it out of the water and was looking straight into my eyes from a distance of four or five feet.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
“In the photo, Melodee is wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up and what appears to be a wig that is darker and straighter than her natural hair,” the office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
He improved the more he bowled, a fuller length and straighter line to better the five-wicket haul he took in this ground against West Indies last year.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
He glares down at his hands, and he sits straighter, taller.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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
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
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
They took the two straightest trees, hacked the limbs and branches from them, skinned off their bark, and split them, laying the logs in a square.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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