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is straightening

  • present progressive of straighten (3rd person singular).

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“I’m glad that the mayor’s office is straightening it out,” she said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2019

I feel like my back is straightening when I become her, and something with my voice happens, and definitely the hair helps.

From The Guardian Jun. 5, 2016

“My whole life is straightening out,” Mr. Napio, who spent 22 of his 55 years in prison, said during a recent interview in the clinic’s mirror-lined injection room.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2016

"It is slow, sure, too slow, but basically the PDS is straightening out," he said, adding that FAO's position is that India's food subsidies do not distort global markets.

From Reuters Jul. 29, 2014

“No matter. Coll is straightening up a place for me.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander