as in to tidy (up)
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Supervisors Shanti Landon, Anthony DeMattei and Suzanne Jones made up the three votes rejecting the loan.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
The sheer number of meals and beers that Ramírez will never have to buy in Cleveland may make up some of the difference in contract dollars.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Bulldogs drew up a play for Jake Heidbreder, who calmly drained an open 18-footer on the left baseline at the buzzer and was mobbed by students spilling out of the Save Mart Center stands.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The first official rules of curling were drawn up in Scotland and adopted by the Grand Caledonian Curling Club – which became the sport’s governing body – in 1838.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Court documents obtained by Fox News lay out the actions that the government believes Al-Bakoush performed on the day of the attack.—
Rachel Wolf , David Spunt , Jake Gibson , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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And those books lay out certain possibilities of in those three cases of redemption.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Straighten (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straighten%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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