Example Sentences

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Chief Executive of Carers UK Helen Walker said the government were "righting a clear wrong" and "addressing this injustice head on".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

The Wizards started 2-9, then went 9-5 in their next 14 games and looked as though they were righting the ship.

From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2019

For they trusted Billy, and they knew while in the courts they were righting to regain their property, he would see no harm came to it.

From Billy and the Big Stick by Davis, Richard Harding

But the French, who were righting for Sister Julie's town, would not stop their rush at first.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick

The men of the derrick gang were righting the last of the derailed box-cars, and the crew of the wrecking-train was shifting the cripples into line for the return run to Angels.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis