tiller
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The real test of the company’s vision will come when the current chairman is gone and a new hand takes the tiller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It would have worked if supply and demand were holding the tiller.
From Salon ● May 28, 2024
The captain managed to use the nose wheel tiller to keep the plane near the runway centerline until the pedals unstuck.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Some have detected in this latest gesture at the Elysée a new, single-handed touch to the tiller of state.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
Dad, sitting in a chair and holding a walking stick as if it were a tiller, would bark out orders while maneuvering his imaginary craft around a tricky harbor.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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