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[steer] / stɪər /


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Heat released from the Atlantic feeds into the air above it, helping fuel storms, steer winds and influence the pressure systems that reach north-west Europe.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Warsh has an opportunity to steer that consensus when he testifies to Congress this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The success of the IPL, he says, has led middle-class and upper-middle-class parents to increasingly steer their children away from football and towards cricket.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Another of the researchers’ rules is to steer clear of companies that are the subject of negative pure news — for example, articles reporting “cybersecurity breaches” or “corporate criminal charges.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 4, 2026

“On course? You mean how do I steer the blasted thing?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Mr. Higham, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Manchester, steers readers through this difficult terrain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Florida AG James Uthmeier said he is examining whether CVS’s PBM steers patients to its own pharmacies and pays its pharmacies higher reimbursements than it pays to independent pharmacies.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Juan Manuel Fangio steers his Alfa Romeo around the hairpin during the first F1 world championship race in Monaco in 1950.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

The language model evaluates each step and steers the search toward pathways that make chemical sense.

From Science Daily May 5, 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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