steerage
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One of these days, you’ll meet a friend at the airport and they’ll see you enjoying your glass of champagne in first class when they’re bustling their way into steerage.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
We tried to fly standby on an earlier departure, but another couple jumped us on the list at the last moment, and a gate agent said it was probably because we had booked into steerage.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2025
Most comrades sprawl shoeless, many dozing open-mouthed in the permanent state of steerage that is Soviet air travel.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022
So I worked with these amazing people under the steerage of Bruce.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2020
He proceeded forward, running his hand along the green tarps of the lifeboats, until he met the chain separating steerage from third class.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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