keel
Example Sentences
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McIlroy, playing in his 18th Masters, said he leaned heavily on his experience to maintain an even keel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Now it is back on a more even keel.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
All the news—every bit of it—suggests Canada finding its way back to an even keel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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
Under that keel lay the vast deeps of the sea, yet they were aground.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing keel
Words Every Pirate Should Know
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
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"Rogue Wave" by Theodore Taylor
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