straight
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"A tropical cyclone has to stand up straight before it can intensify," said Michael S. Fischer, the lead author and an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
They clinched a playoff berth for a record-tying 14th straight season and won the division title for the fifth time in a row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
There would be no repeat here as Noppert won three straight legs to take a 3-1 lead.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He noted that while other neoclouds have depended on convertible-debt offerings and customer prepayments, “CoreWeave has been using primarily straight debt.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sometimes we’d play while sitting in the treehouse, both of us looking straight out at his grandma’s garden instead of at each other.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The “new” Ridge Route, with its straighter and wider lanes, was called the Alternate when it opened in October 1933.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
I lifted several doors off their hinges in our house last month to refinish the hardware and hang them straighter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Officers "stood up faster and straighter when he entered a room" and Zhang "wasn't afraid to talk to foreigners", Thompson wrote in a Substack post about his encounter.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Richard,” he says, and Richard stands up straighter.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
England's plan to Gill was clear after his success at Headingley: their lines were the straightest they have bowled at a batter in 16 years as the pace bowlers targeted the pads.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
From the Latin for "appropriate" or "straight," as if shaking muscles were the appropriate response, the straightest line the body has to shock.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
To say Buckley took the straightest path to professional golf, though?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
“Manhattan Beach,” the 2017 historical novel that plays it straightest — her uncle loved it; “I have never heard from him about other books” — felt like a departure because it was so familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2022
It’s funny how it ends up being the straightest, preppiest, most athletic guys who go all out for Gender Bender.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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