as in to straighten (up)
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Often, Bell wrote, desegregation turned out not to be the fastest or surest method to improve these children’s school experience.—
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New Yorker,
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While Ingrid wants nothing to do with the case, Udo stays on where he gets caught up with an enigmatic local who turns out to be a master at the board game.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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“Police (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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