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
Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
“And we’ll straighten that one out probably next. That’ll be our next one after this. And it won’t even be tough.”
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025
“I cannot straighten my back, and can walk only as before, halfway bent over. What think you, Brother Luke, shall I ever straighten?”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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