How to Use keel in a Sentence
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But Logan didn’t need to keel over on Josh’s estate for his own weakness to be revealed.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2021
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If the program ends before those pension funds shore up their cash reserves to deal with plummeting bond prices, the funds could very rapidly keel over.
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Alan Murray,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2022
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Rubel said that even shrinking the new tariffs by 10 percent would put it on a more even keel with Pakistan and India.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2019
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Hurley has been rather even keel despite the losing streak but wasn't short on words following the contest and thought a foul should have been called to send Martin to the line.
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Michelle Gardner,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Jan. 2021
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Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death.
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Doug MacCash | Staff Writer,
NOLA.com,
23 Dec. 2020
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Otherwise healthy workers keel over at their desks after a long stretch of overtime or after consummating a high-pressure deal, usually from a stroke or heart attack.
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Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
1 June 2022
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Now, just when the end of your to-do list finally seems to be in sight, a family member might add one more thing to it, and the resulting frustration could challenge your normally even keel.
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Tarot Astrologers,
chicagotribune.com,
3 Apr. 2021
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Canales said Young has stayed even keeled through his struggles, which has given Canales the confidence to continue giving him opportunities down the field.
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Joseph Person,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2007 Alkire and his collaborators probed the role of the thalamus by putting rats in a box flooded with anesthetics, which caused the animals to keel over.
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Carl Zimmer,
Discover Magazine,
25 Mar. 2019
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This gave it a dense mass like the keel of a boat.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
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The ship was split down the keel and the hull submerged in the sand.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
10 June 2022
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This dense mass, called a spar platform, works like the keel of a boat.
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IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2023
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.
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Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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To keep an even keel, make a little space between you and others for now.
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Tarot Astrologers,
chicagotribune.com,
24 Sep. 2021
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The wound had remnants of red paint, which is usually used on the keel of boats.
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Glenn Garner,
Peoplemag,
21 Oct. 2022
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These days, Biles has a thorough self-care practice to stay on an even keel.
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Megan Johnson,
PEOPLE.com,
14 Apr. 2022
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Getting the skin back on an even keel calls for a calm but considered approach.
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Georgia Day,
Vogue,
6 Dec. 2023
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Construction of the hull started with fore and aft stems fastened to the keel.
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National Geographic,
12 Jan. 2023
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Despite all the stakes, Wommack is trying to keep his team on an even keel.
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Creg Stephenson | [email protected],
al,
27 Sep. 2021
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Farke tries to keep everyone around the club on an even keel with his comments in the media.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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My father has been a big influence on me and serves as a keel in my career journey.
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Gary Goldberg,
Rolling Stone,
29 Nov. 2021
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The company said that any damage to the ship was believed to be mostly on its keel.
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Fox News,
31 Mar. 2021
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Nix is known for his even keel personality.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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But Croft was pleased with how the techniques kept that conversation on an even keel.
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Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
19 Feb. 2021
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The decoys are built around a metal keel, which is held in place by a magnet during the molding process.
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Matthew Every,
Field & Stream,
21 Aug. 2020
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Just under two years ago in a shipyard in Ancona, Italy, a steel keel was laid.
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Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Regardless of what happens, Granlund is keeping an even keel.
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Curtis Pashelka,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2024
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Do your best to keep things on an even keel so that everyone benefits, including you.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
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Ships are slashed and burned as workers cut out metal to be resold as scrap; eventually, they are hacked down to the keel.
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Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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For a few years, Samson Fellows managed to keep himself on an even keel.
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Hazlitt,
11 Mar. 2026
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While the Wager was navigating this traffic, her keel ran aground on a shoal.
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David Grann,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2023
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Balance in terms of the even keel needed after a blowout turned competitive.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Oct. 2022
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Bird sternums have a projection from the middle called the keel, and this is where the flight muscles are attached.
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Emily Schwing,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2022
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Some 40 percent of the vessel’s total weight is placed in the keel to better balance the boat.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2023
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Rain and the extreme heat can sometimes make the job difficult, but Hall tries to maintain a steady keel.
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Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2025
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Gallagher’s unit, was one of the speakers at the keel-laying ceremony.
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Diane Bellcolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2022
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That means that instead of dramatic peaks and troughs in energy use, everything stays on an even keel.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The question is whether a new playbook and a new culture will keep Signet on an even keel in choppier waters.
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Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
16 Dec. 2022
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The hope is to have AI functioning on a balanced keel in the mental health domain.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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