He had fallen with one leg bent under him, and now he straightened it.

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And in 2004, biomechanics expert Professor Bruce Elliott ruled that Muralitharan's doosra, a ball which turns from leg to off, was illegal as he straightened his arm by 10 degrees.

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Abruptly, he straightened up and slammed the refrigerator door.

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He patted her leg when he straightened.

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He straightened, shrugged a little.

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It seemed to him unreasonable that the earth, on the contrary, would always travel at the same speed regardless of its distance from the sun, and when he got that straightened out, he single-handedly improved the accuracy of predicted positions by an order of magnitude.

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Then, you know, in 2002, he came back from running the Olympics, where he'd straightened out that scandal.

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He laid her on the stretcher, straightened and covered her body, caught the fall of her hair, wrapped it like a belt around his fist, and then tucked the bundle beneath her neck.

NEWYORKER: Naima

Mark Kimmitt acknowledged what he called "logistics problems, " saying those would be straightened out quickly.

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"It is a place that, if it doesn't get straightened out, will continue to wreak havoc on Europe and the United States, " he said.

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