keel
Example Sentences
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Now it is back on a more even keel.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
After decades of "boom and bust", cross-border retail in Newry and Dundalk is on "an even keel", according to business leaders in the area.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
It takes off and lands on its curved keel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
“I feel fine; I’ll probably keel over after I hang up the phone,” he joked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
The anther and the stigma mature inside the flower’s clasplike keel, and the pollen is dusted directly from a flower’s anther to its own stigma.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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