straight
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The convoluted route featured a bus journey to London, then flights via Singapore and Sydney rather than straight to Perth, where they played their first two games.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
During pregame warmups, Doncic sprinted out of the Lakers tunnel and straight to Hachimura, who was warming up in the corner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
At 52.3, the flash PMI headline number for Japan stayed above the neutral threshold for a 19th straight month in October but remained weaker than the average for the year to date, S&P said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The iShares Semiconductor ETF was also down for a third straight week, on track for a monthly loss of 15.9%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
She looks me straight in the eye and says, ‘I did have a sister.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Vonn went straighter than anyone else at the Panorama turn and it paid off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
I decide in that moment that I want to be precisely like Miss Joe, and I stand a little straighter.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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
It wasn’t the straightest path and there were times when Crawford and the Mariners wondered if he’d ever grow into all that was expected.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Never the straightest driver, Walker has so far kept his ball in play at tight, tree-lined Harbour Town and made enough putts to move in front.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Curly, played by Sean Grandillo with the guitar-slinging aplomb of a country-and-western recording star, has the straightest of hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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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