driver's seat
Example Sentences
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Kidd landed in Dallas instead and seemed in the driver’s seat for a long ride until the Doncic trade.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
With AI back in the driver’s seat, these pitfalls may come back into focus too.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s to place yourself in the driver’s seat, and that is what every single one of them is doing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
For months, Netflix has been in the driver’s seat of an industry-shaking effort to acquire Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
He slouched down in the driver’s seat, angling the rearview mirror to give him a view down the alley to the street in front of the building.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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