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This city, which can sometimes seem almost asleep at the wheel, is suddenly wide awake.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
That welfare fraud was real, as the number of convictions attest, and its scale is a stunner and an indictment of the state’s officials, asleep at the wheel.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The company has not obtained permits to test or run its vehicles on public roads in California without humans at the wheel.
—Samantha Subin,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
How far and how safely an organization travels will depend on the Skeptical Intelligence of the people at the wheel.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
That welfare fraud was real, as the number of convictions attest, and its scale is a stunner and an indictment of the state’s officials, asleep at the wheel.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The company has not obtained permits to test or run its vehicles on public roads in California without humans at the wheel.
—Samantha Subin,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
How far and how safely an organization travels will depend on the Skeptical Intelligence of the people at the wheel.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for at the wheel
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“At the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20wheel. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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