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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

But Dodds, peerless against Norway, righted herself to deliver a magnificent final store and restore GB's two-point advantage.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

He righted the ship with a birdie at the par-five 13th, where he missed the green but chipped to three feet from dense rough well below the green.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

“It’s upside down. A lot of people say that it was actually upside down before, and we just righted it,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

The room tilted sideways, and then it righted itself again.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo