gone straight
Example Sentences
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“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
It feels like every day someone says, “Did you see that stock? It’s gone straight up.”
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Once there, he must have gone straight for the plank bridge—which he evidently knew about—and set an ambush under cover.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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