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straight

[streyt] / streɪt /










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“I have straight holes through my teeth,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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