straight
Example Sentences
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King looked him straight in the eye and said: "Creep stands."
From BBC
“Life isn’t lived in a straight line,” he said at the time.
Shares have dropped in three straight rally periods, including a 4.7% decline last year.
From Barron's
Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay perfect.
From Barron's
Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay perfect.
From Barron's
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