on an even keel
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He points out that energy stocks have “virtually retraced their wartime gains,” and adds that “even the bond market is back on an even keel after yesterday’s rally.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Maintaining a sense of normalcy — when it is safe to do so — helps kids stay on an even keel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2025
"I'm a single parent, trying to do a full-time job and keep her on an even keel, and it's really, really hard not to be able to help," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
“He kept things on an even keel and maybe that dynamic between Jeremiah and Isaac made that band sort of work.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
The Wart was on an even keel now, and reasonably able to move about He had leisure to look at the extraordinary universe into which the tattoed gentleman's trident had plunged him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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