How to Use take the wheel in a Sentence
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Stick it to your TV and let someone else take the wheel for a change.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2021
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Rey Mashayekhi will take the wheel of Bull Sheet on Monday.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2021
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His wife, Jodi Dietz, had to take the wheel and steer them to safety.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2021
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If the driver doesn’t take the wheel, the vehicle will slow down and stop if needed.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
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The Emperor: You’re being asked to take the wheel now, dear Cancer.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2021
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Elizabeth Banks will take the wheel of the Magic School Bus in a new live-action hybrid movie.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 June 2020
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Little engineers can take the wheel and drive Wilson forward, to the side or even make the train spin in a circle.
—Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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The moment is short-lived, as a nameless set of hi-hats and lifeless 808s take the wheel, and the typical Baby sound washes over.
—Brandon Yu, Variety, 14 Oct. 2022
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When these cars stop in unexpected places, a human can come take the wheel and drive them, restoring traffic flow.
—Matt McFarland, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
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One night, despite not being the band’s usual van driver, Kelly was asked to take the wheel on a long haul from Boston to Milwaukee.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
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One night, despite not being the band’s usual van driver, Kelly was asked to take the wheel on a long haul from Boston to Milwaukee.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 8 May 2023
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Adding to the auto woes: most repair shop owners are nearing retirement, with not enough young grease monkeys in waiting to take the wheel.
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
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Jimenez offered to take the wheel because driving on the freeway made Demorst feel anxious.
—Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
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But those who like to take the wheel with their audio will appreciate the ability to mess with the equalization profiles or set their own.
—Dan Roe, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
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And several local organizations are poised to take the wheel and drive some change.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
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Before announcing the winner, Kirke had said there might be a delay before the lucky staffer actually got to take the wheel.
—al, 4 Nov. 2021
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Hall had become increasingly paranoid about driving himself to drug deals and thought Floyd could take the wheel.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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And in a surgical setting, letting humans take the wheel might be a better idea than letting a robot think for itself.
—Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
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Sivley secures each vehicle to his truck, then pulls it past dangerous terrain, until the driver can safely take the wheel.
—Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2021
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Generation Ennui has shifted into second gear, letting Pyrrho take the wheel.
—Isabel B. Slone, Town & Country, 2 May 2022
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The humans typically take the wheel whenever the self-driving cars encountered pedestrians.
—Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2016
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Now, Fletcher will take the wheel due to Shankman's scheduling conflicts with production on another Disney sequel, Disenchanted.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 June 2022
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As the expressive Moon squares communicative Mercury, anger and stubbornness could dominate every conversation as our arguments take the wheel!
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024
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