on an even keel
Example Sentences
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He points out that energy stocks have “virtually retraced their wartime gains,” and adds that “even the bond market is back on an even keel after yesterday’s rally.”
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
His job now is to keep the team and drivers on an even keel, to try to brush off the pressure and focus on the job in hand.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
I sacrificed everything I have to be able to get back on an even keel for them.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024
“He kept things on an even keel and maybe that dynamic between Jeremiah and Isaac made that band sort of work.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023
The Wart was on an even keel now, and reasonably able to move about He had leisure to look at the extraordinary universe into which the tattoed gentleman's trident had plunged him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
