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McNamara’s quantitative cost-benefit-analysis approach to business had righted Ford’s postwar problems but proved disastrous when he tried to apply it to the Vietnam War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

And entering Saturday’s game with Denver, the first of the season, the Lakers looked like a team that had righted some of its organizational wrongs.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2024

Within a few minutes, he had righted himself — anesthetized fish often list to the side — and was moving around again.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Meanwhile it seemed like Coach O. had righted the ship with three straight wins after the opening week loss to UCLA.

From Fox News • Oct. 3, 2021

The ship had righted itself, continued to fly forward—though at a slower speed—and no one was reaching out of the window to offer any help.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner