gone straight
Example Sentences
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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
“The intensity around headlines has gone straight up.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Netflix has signed a $72 billion deal, but Paramount, which is bidding nearly $78 billion for the whole company, has gone straight to shareholders and threatened to wage a board fight at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
When I think of it now, it seems so clear, so simple that I should have gone straight to Celina Aunty once your fever spiked.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
