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- Dictionarystrait-laced/ˌstreɪtˈleɪst/
adjective
- 1. having or showing very strict moral attitudes: "his strait-laced parents were horrified"
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5 days ago · While the protests themselves were global front-page news, Gibson and his interviewees devote substantial time to the months of lead-up and preparation for the rally as well as the uneasy alliance between strait-laced progressive political leaders and more antic provocateurs who climbed trees to keep them from being felled.
6 days ago · The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the wider body of seawater . Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order sections of the oceanic sea (e.g. the Mediterranean Sea ), or certain large, nearly landlocked bodies of water.
6 days ago · The meaning of SET/PUT SOMEONE STRAIGHT is to correct someone who is mistaken by providing accurate information. How to use set/put someone straight in a sentence.
6 days ago · This guide will help you find information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, history, culture, and rights.
4 days ago · As of 2010, there were two main accepted dispersal routes for the out-of-Africa migration of early anatomically modern humans, the "Northern Route" (via Nile Valley and Sinai) and the "Southern Route" via the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.
Jun 15, 2024 · English Channel, narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France and tapering eastward to its junction with the North Sea at the Strait of Dover. Its location has given it immense significance over the centuries.
Jun 17, 2024 · noun. a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature. “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line ”. see more.
5 days ago · But a couple of bars into the overture of Cole Porter’s classic, “Kiss Me, Kate” and the clouds disappear. We are instantly put in a good mood, unable to resist the warmth and the joie de vivre this sizzling and silly musical has to offer. Porter is on top form, complemented brilliantly by Sam and Bella Spewack’s book which adopts ...
5 days ago · The protests attracted the attention of progressive elected officials like Sherrod Brown and Dennis Kucinich, grunge scene stalwarts like Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil ...
4 days ago · The Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico, partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel, which runs between ...
