straighten
Example Sentences
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She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
It took a meeting with the inflation-slaying giant of a former Fed chair, Paul Volcker, to straighten him out.
From Barron's • Oct. 8, 2025
Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
“You want to straighten out the budget?” he asked.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025
Pita tugged at her wet shirt, squeezing out the water and pressing it down over her round belly to smooth it out, while Velia and Delia tried in vain to straighten out each other’s clothes.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing straighten
List 10
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"The Giving Tree"
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Spelling Practice 3, Unit 4
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