straighten
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"The jeopardy of losing one game is so harsh, it's almost like we don't get another chance to straighten things out," added McDermott.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
There’d be a loud pledge to straighten it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
When he promises her that he’ll straighten out his life, he sounds as desperate as all the other bad men who’ve tried those same pleas on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The researchers identified four characteristics that can help determine whether a tilted tropical cyclone is likely to straighten vertically.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Zheng got up and staggered around like a crab before he managed to straighten up.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
They then performed leg extensions, an exercise in which a person sits and straightens the lower legs against resistance to lift a weight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Word spreads that Sparks starter Kelsey Plum will be there soon and everyone straightens up.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The Mercator map is arguably the best for this purpose, because it straightens out spiraling rhumb lines, and that’s why it rose to dominance.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
He visibly straightens and says to Drummond, “Devour feculence,” establishing that this is how he naturally speaks.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
He straightens in his chair and breaks his eye contact with me.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Instead of maintaining their curved shapes, the stems slowly straightened until they became nearly straight again.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
"If there is a problem, I will get it straightened out," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I’m going to be helping a certain air company get themselves straightened away,” he said, after he learned it has significant domestic operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Phair is at home too, makeup on and hair straightened, various musical instruments on the wall behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“But, Papa,” I said, “Grandpa and Grandma are saving money, and so are you and Mama. How much money does it take to get Daisy’s leg straightened out?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
To determine what caused this change, the team examined the structure of the wood that developed during the straightening process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
West of Hoover Street, the grid reorients itself, straightening into an American-style street grid.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“No matter. Coll is straightening up a place for me.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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