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“If the radiologist had carefully reviewed both breast mammograms at the first occurrence, I would have skipped the lumpectomy and radiation and gone straight for bilateral mastectomies.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“If we had been just dry from that hottest March and gone straight into summer, that might have catapulted us into high fire season pretty early,” said Schoenfeld.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

"Probably on reflection I could have used swing more to set up the wobble seam, which might have just gone straight on rather than nipping," Potts says.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

“The intensity around headlines has gone straight up.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

I had gone straight from Sammy’s to a supplier he had mentioned.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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