straight
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The numbers across the city were a setback for Bass, who has made homelessness one of her signature issues and previously touted two straight years of drops in street homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Compared with the same month last year, the producer-price index rose 12.4%, representing the 21st straight month of an annual increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many expected 'the Gypsy King' to fly straight to Jeddah for Joshua's bout, with the pair potentially announcing their long-awaited showdown in the ring afterwards if Joshua wins.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
White Brooks Brothers shirt and straight black tie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I’m walking toward my locker, trying in vain to stop thinking about the airborne brick that came straight at me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
I lifted several doors off their hinges in our house last month to refinish the hardware and hang them straighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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
She sat up straighter and wiped her eyes with Mamma’s pallu—the loose end of her sari.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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
Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
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
She has the most perfect helmet hair and the straightest, whitest teeth I’ve ever seen.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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