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“When I was in middle school, I might have straightened my hair, and now I’m making it as big as I can — redefining the beauty standards that were put on me,” Thoms says.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2024

But by Tuesday the jet stream pattern in the Atlantic will have straightened and we will be back to more changeable weather with temperatures nearer normal.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2024

“It’s telling,” Ruff added, “that the evidence was so strong even without Demonte’s testimony, which certainly would have straightened out how this happened.”

From Washington Post May 4, 2022

“I could have straightened everything out,” he says, but “it wouldn’t have cost less.”

From The Guardian Oct. 1, 2017

The river and the road have straightened out as the valley gets steeper and closer on both sides.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness