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at the wheel

idiom

: while driving
She fell asleep at the wheel.

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There was never an emergency when Hahn was at the wheel. Ariel Levy, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 Advertisement That’s why much of my work now is focused on the young people who will soon be at the wheel; young people who are distraught and disenchanted by national and international institutions that have let so many down. David Beasley, Time, 14 Nov. 2025 One video shows a man, Rafael Veraza, at the wheel of a car, struggling to drive and wiping his eyes. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 There have been instances of Tesla drivers being penalized for falling asleep at the wheel with their cars in autopilot. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025 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 Nov. 2025.

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