rudder
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Part of the rudder, used to control side-to-side movements, snapped off the tail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
There’s no doubt that as AI develops it will need an ethical rudder, and the pope’s contributions are worth listening to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
I’ve got rudder pedals on the floor and all these controls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
These included manufacturing defects affecting parts of fuselages, tail and rudder assemblies, as well as sealants applied as protection against the effect of lightning strikes in central fuel tanks.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
The boat swung around despite the rudder, hit a rock, and shattered.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
They have also been developing stronger actuators—machines that pull and push and take the place of pilots’ muscles to move planes’ rudders and other flight-control surfaces in conditions where humans would otherwise have to intervene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
“It's pretty powerful and kind of metaphorical that you see these orcas going after rudders and sort of disabling the technology that human beings use to control marine space.”
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
In December, Boeing called on airlines to inspect rudders on their aeroplanes, after a bolt was found to be missing on one aircraft.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024
Back in May, the stories from off the Iberian Peninsula of orcas taking apart the rudders and propellers of yachts — and, in a couple of incidents, ramming them — were both alarming and intriguing.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
The flags on the front rudders stiffened, and we could now see the eyes painted on the flags.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
