straightened out

Example Sentences

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Their mother, whom Jerry has been looking after, is dying, and there are medical bills that need to be straightened out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

When his Part D drug plan declined to cover one of his medications, the office staff called the insurance company and got it straightened out, saving him time and frustration.

From Barron's • Sep. 25, 2025

"I think we're going to get it all straightened out," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

“With the law straightened out, we could be doing real mining in a couple of years,” one mining executive told The New York Times in 1977.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

Then I went to work on the net, untangling it section by section, getting lead weights and fishing hooks straightened out, yanking out knots around the cow serpent’s hooves.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan