straight
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As the fight began, Pantoja went straight for Van.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
"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
There would be no repeat here as Noppert won three straight legs to take a 3-1 lead.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The estimated third-quarter earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 stands at 28.9%, which would mark the third straight quarter of growth above 25%, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Siren and Stentor were trained for the work, so they knew to draw the wagon in a straight line, knocking a corn row down.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
But then Mulaney rounded the curve with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the “Bluey” dad controversy and I sat up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Later, the jet stream will take on a more southerly path, flowing faster and straighter towards our shores.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
Franny suddenly sat up a trifle straighter in her seat, self-consciously.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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
Bright light also causes the pupil to contract, fostering a pinhole effect, which reduces distortion by limiting your eyes to the straightest and most focused light rays.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
To say Buckley took the straightest path to professional golf, though?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Over the carcass of the horse, they built a platform of hewn logs; trunks of smaller trees and limbs from the greater, and the thickest straightest branches they could find.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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