straight shot
Example Sentences
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A third concern is the market’s near straight shot upward since the Liberation Day scare in the spring.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
As origin stories go, the transformation of “Days of Wine and Roses” from a movie into a musical is a straight shot, with a twist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Almost certainly S0-6 traveled much more than 50,000 light-years, slowly spiraling down to the center rather than making a straight shot.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
I don’t live far — Inglewood, another small L.A. city, 15 minutes away, a straight shot east down Imperial Highway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
After we got past them, it was a straight shot down the mountain to the town of War.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
