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"I'm not saying it will return her to the commercial highs of old, because that ship has sailed for a lot of pre-streaming artists, but it will steady the ship."

From BBC • May 3, 2025

“Dominic Choi will be a leader who will steady the ship,” Bass said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Easing oil prices have markets optimistic that headline inflation will steady or slow in the United States, and that this can reduce the need for future interest rate hikes.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2022

“A conviction based in truth and fact. And like our faith, conviction will steady us in times of volatility or doubt.”

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2022

And that conviction will steady and uphold a man in a present, however dark.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander