steer
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Perhaps I’m protective of that difference because, of course, companies have always tried to stoke and steer desire.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
There’s little evidence that higher-income households are encouraged by those tax breaks to save more for retirement than they would without them — “they simply steer savings to tax-favored accounts,” EPI says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Philippa Northeast plays Sybylla Melvyn, a girl in rural Australia who wants to be a writer while her relatives steer her toward a husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
News of the food-safety scare might make consumers steer clear of Chipotle restaurants temporarily, and the chain might have to run promotions to get them back, the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
They handed him an oar to steer with.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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She even calls the coma patient Bernie while she steers him into cars and onto planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He absolutely hates children, even as the whole plot, somewhat obviously, steers him in the opposite direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Florida’s attorney general says he is examining whether CVS’s PBM steers patients to its own pharmacies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
This steers the reaction toward methanol production through the formate pathway.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
She said the men knew that if they took Bud Searcy along, they’d never get to Kansas before the steers were dead with old age.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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Vocabulary lists containing steer
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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David Cameron's Words After the Brexit Vote
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 10
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