steerage
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We watched the ceremony and then were quietly escorted back through the steerage section before being deposited unceremoniously outside the briefing room.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023
Her job doesn’t allow for remote work, and she said she didn’t want to subject her large dog to the steerage of an airplane.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
And where Bong’s work was about a fight to the front with steerage overtaking first class, a TV show needed more to sustain itself over several episodes.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2020
I am sure the people back in steerage by the malfunctioning toilet are deeply invested in this marital squabble.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2019
He proceeded forward, running his hand along the green tarps of the lifeboats, until he met the chain separating steerage from third class.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing steerage
The Devil's Arithmetic
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A Night to Remember
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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