keel
Example Sentences
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The BlackFly takes off and lands on its curved keel, doesn’t have wheels and is surprisingly easy to operate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
You’re very even keel on the surface, so the fact that you say that is also kind of surprising.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
Maintaining a sense of normalcy — when it is safe to do so — helps kids stay on an even keel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025
His respect for Xi Jinping has kept US-China relations on a relatively even keel even as the two nations are engaging in an extended trade war.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
He clung to the keel and was able to ride out the storm.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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