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
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
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Below Vela is the ship's keel, Carina, setting and marked by Canopus, about 11 degrees above the southwestern horizon.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Noun
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
Verb
The ship had its first steel cut in November 2023 and keel laid in March 2024.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2025
Below Vela is the ship's keel, Carina, setting and marked by Canopus, about 11 degrees above the southwestern horizon.
—Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keel
Noun
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This will mark the first time LL Cool J, 57, is steering the ship solo.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maybe ship Enid with somebody her own age.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The marathon meeting evoked memories of a past era of contentious county budgets in the wake of the 2008 housing crash, when collapsed real estate values caused a severe revenue crunch for Miami-Dade.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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But there have still been high-profile rail bridge collapses like the one in Montana two years ago that sent a train hauling petroleum products into the Yellowstone River, sending tar balls downstream that had to be cleaned up.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But with each passing summer of enormous transfer spending, the chances of turning the boat around fade ever further.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Officials said that none of the passengers on the boat were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident, and alcohol is not believed to have been a factor in the crash.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Singh was blocking both lanes of the northbound Turnpike when Dufresne’s Chrysler Town & Country minivan hit the truck, crumpling underneath the 18-wheeler’s trailer.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 Aug. 2025
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The fabric of his jersey, which should suggest his movement and musculature, is instead accordion-crumpled like a piece of paper.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The river vessels’ Skylight Infinite Balcony Suites, for example, will feature the retractable windows that transform part of the cabin into a balcony, along with a ceiling window.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tensions further escalated after two Chinese vessels, a navy destroyer and a coast guard craft, collided near the reef last month, heavily damaging the latter, while chasing a Philippine coast guard cutter.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In episode three, a tadpolelike specimen from a facehugger is plopped into a tank with a lung.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2025
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That takes me right out of the alternative world of Alien and plops me down into our own.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From the almost humorous to the truly torturous, being plunked into unknown wilderness in total isolation—which is what happens on Alone—results in all manner of strange mental phenomenon.—
Woniya Thibeault,
Outside,
26 Aug. 2025
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As if that isn’t enough, Isa’s plunks a tamarind-coated straw and a gummy snack on top.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The ball slipped through Mason’s hands, and what would have been a touchdown turned into a turnover on downs, effectively ending the 49ers’ comeback hopes.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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By the episode's end, however, he's set his sights on Morgan, having surreptitiously slipped a note into her grocery bag.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Keel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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