steer
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Xi, through a translator, told Trump: “I am ready to work with you to steer the giant ship of China-U.S. relations on a steady course toward the future.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He said he recalled having pulled the lever to release the car's parachute before trying to steer it away from disaster, "but disaster was, it seemed, my fate".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
“I could just tell she knew how to steer an SUV in the snow,” Dunham wrote in Vogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some steer policy decisions, while others help lenders determine how much someone can borrow.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
That day, if they could steer a kayak through the fields of floating ice— they had lost five kayaks already—they would reach the floe and bring my father home.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
“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
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
Florida’s attorney general says he is examining whether CVS’s PBM steers patients to its own pharmacies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He tugs me by the elbow, steers me through a paneled door.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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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