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
Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
This includes remnants of the captain’s quarters, anchor well, keel and boilers.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Alan Murray, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
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
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Noun
For a few years, Samson Fellows managed to keep himself on an even keel.
—Hazlitt, 11 Mar. 2026
This includes remnants of the captain’s quarters, anchor well, keel and boilers.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2022
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keel
Noun
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Martie now buys bulk overstock from trendy companies, then ships orders from its Texas warehouse.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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One of those involved the ship's toilet, which has had problems dumping liquid waste overboard as required.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The innermost rim formed later, when a mountain at the crater’s center collapsed.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, Pearlene collapsed and died inside a makeshift bathroom in the family’s trailer, which had no running water or electricity.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The two men and two women died Thursday in strong currents while trying to board the boat Ali allegedly piloted off the coast of Calais.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Other amenities include a boat ramp, fishing along the river, a good-sized campground, and a limestone lodge for large gatherings.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Video shows two people rushing out of a motorcoach waiting at the red light and running over to the victim lying crumpled on the street, while a pedestrian also rushes over to her from the curb.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Whatever the plan was last year, Mougey and Glenn crumpled it up and threw it in the trash.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Instead, the analyst, whom the firm did not name due to the sensitivity of the activity, found that vessels are still moving through the strait, with traffic picking up in recent days to roughly 15 ships per day, according to the firm’s report posted on Substack.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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In addition, the peptide seems to promote angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels, possibly via a signalling molecule expressed in many human cancers.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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They were bested by the Nashville Predators, 5-4 in a shootout, in what turned out to be a three-point game that elevated the Preds back into the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference and plopped the Kings back onto the wrong side of the playoff bubble.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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There has never been a more fitting opening to a season of a Bravo show than the marquee sign in front of Jax’s bar being taken down and unceremoniously plopped on the sidewalk.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The big key, however, was Aurora Christian drawing 15 walks and also getting plunked once by a pair of Trinity Christian pitchers.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Contreras has been hit by a pitch 131 times in his major league career, including 24 times by the Brewers — which is 10 more than he's been plunked by any other team.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Hughes says buyers had just started to get comfortable with rates around six percent, and that the higher that number goes the more that comfort begins to slip.—
Brad Hamilton,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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But the Ducks managed just one shot on goal during the long power play, and Skjei slipped past Anaheim’s leaky defense on a breakaway and snapped a shot over Dostal’s right shoulder for a short-handed goal and a 3-0 lead with 58 seconds left in the second.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Keel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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