steer
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Carney has worked to steer Canada toward a deeper, more formal, alliance with the EU as he contends with pressure from Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It also warned the top priority for the bidders, called London & Valley Water, was to "extract immediate value from Thames Water, not steer it to long-term success".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some steer policy decisions, while others help lenders determine how much someone can borrow.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Someone who will steer Ballmer toward not only elite basketball talent, but players who offer the whole package: leadership, competitiveness, desire, rootability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Now it was her turn to feel bashful, and she tried to steer him back to his tale.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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“I had a good feeling I was going to die,” Burns said of the incident that day, when he watched as the pilothouse, where the crew steers the ship, was ripped away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Plus: HOF Capital’s Hisham Elhaddad steers deeper into private equity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
In the face of such instability, I'll opt for Sean McVay as he steers the Rams to their third Super Bowl title.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Reddit for the most part steers brands toward its paid advertising division, which generated revenue of $762 million in the latest quarter, up 64% over the period a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He had never heard it called Texas roping before; he knew it as steer roping, because they used old stringy Mexican steers rather than more expensive cows or calves.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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David Cameron's Words After the Brexit Vote
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