steadying

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In a speech aimed at steadying his tottering premiership on Monday, Sir Keir said "incremental change won't cut it" as he promised to "face up to the big challenges" the country faced.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

But the latest earnings from the information-services company look to be steadying investors’ nerves.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

By Sunday, it becomes something quieter: nourishment for the week ahead, a small, steadying balm against the Sunday scaries.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

There’s the steadying presence of her fiancé, the Norwegian speed skier Aleksander Kilde.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Stunned, trying to take in what he had just heard, unable to speak, Joe reached out a hand and laid it on the rough-hewn cedar railing, steadying himself.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown