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

Then we’d spring Minerva and join the main camp, who would already be on the move to another safe haven, a straight shot north from here.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline