as in to straighten (up)
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turn out
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Texas Democrats turned out in numbers not seen in decades for last week’s Senate primary, a surge that outpaced Republicans and signaled an energized electorate heading toward November.—
William Tong,
Dallas Morning News,
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But the evolutionary story of the appendix turns out to be much more complicated.—
Lilia Goncharova,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Clean (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28off%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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