as in ship
a large craft for travel by water
for a few days at least, the Titanic was the largest and grandest keel afloat
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Recent Examples of keel
Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
An endangered female basking shark was near the surface of the water off the coast of Ireland in April when the keel of a boat cut across her back, according to a study published in the Frontiers journal on Tuesday.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 June 2022
Pewaukee can keel it out and will do so.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2021
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The boat, which was pulled from the water Tuesday morning, sustained damage to the bow and the keel, Williams said, adding that directly beneath the bow to midship was heavily impacted.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
An endangered female basking shark was near the surface of the water off the coast of Ireland in April when the keel of a boat cut across her back, according to a study published in the Frontiers journal on Tuesday.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
Verb
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.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 June 2022
Pewaukee can keel it out and will do so.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2021
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents.Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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It was reported that a man was trapped under a tractor after a bridge collapsed on the property, which was in unincorporated Woodstock.Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Democrats’ best hope may be that Trump’s minuscule battleground state leads will collapse on contact with the fearsome Harris turnout machine.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company also oversees a colony of about 3,500 rhesus monkeys on the nearby Morgan Island, which is only accessible by boat at the mouth of the Combahee River.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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One evening when the boat is moored in Viviers, we are served a terrific barbecue dinner on the Upper Vista Deck.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Seconds later, the truck races back into view, barreling over Sloan, still crumpled on the ground, and fatally mowing down Carter, who had been standing on the sidewalk.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Videos circulating on social media and verified by NBC News, showed several men watching the strike on Lebanon's capital from a distance, standing by their cars as the building crumples.Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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This trend highlights not only the growing number of yachting enthusiasts but also the increasing number of high-end vessels sailing into Dubai’s harbors.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The team is now eager to investigate what kinds of products were carried within the vessels in nets, and why the imagery endured over such a large geographic area for so many centuries — and why the exchanges were important enough to be documented on clay tablets.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead of trapping smart Zelda in the background once again, Echoes uses the difficult puzzles and life-threatening, dark mysteries associated with Zelda games to finally plop its princess in the driver’s seat.Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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In the 1990s and 2000s, stadiums were often standalone venues plopped into urban neighborhoods or surrounded by parking lots.Lee Igel, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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For my detailed analysis of why and how biases get plunked into generative AI, and ways to prompt your way around it, see the link here.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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That deluge isn’t letting up: As of Friday, advertisers have plunked more than $65 million on future presidential ad reservations in the Keystone State alone, according to AdImpact.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
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Nations slip their bonds If Musk is right that Trump will deliver a new order, and Dugin is right that the globalists have lost, then dusk now falls on that American Century.Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Pulling on his heartstrings works, and Darnell backs down but not without a last word: If Jabari’s grades start slipping, the fight is back on.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Keel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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