at the helm
idiom
1
: steering a boat or ship
The ship's captain was at the helm.
2
: in charge of an organization
He left after only a year at the helm of the corporation.
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Spillers recounts how the plantation system reorients a family structure so that Black women sit at the helm, while O’Grady reflects on a legacy of conflicting images of Black women in dominant visual culture: as an overt fetish symbol or as an invisible, mundane laborer.
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Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
The juxtaposition of those two throws was a fitting representation of the past seven weeks with Moss at the helm.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The Ravens came in as serious Super Bowl contenders, while the Broncos were seen as a rebuilding franchise having traded away Russell Wilson and with rookie quarterback Bo Nix at the helm.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Thomas had plenty of experience with Carr at the helm, as the pair played with one another for the 2023 season.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Shameekia Shantel Johnson, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
The juxtaposition of those two throws was a fitting representation of the past seven weeks with Moss at the helm.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The Ravens came in as serious Super Bowl contenders, while the Broncos were seen as a rebuilding franchise having traded away Russell Wilson and with rookie quarterback Bo Nix at the helm.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Thomas had plenty of experience with Carr at the helm, as the pair played with one another for the 2023 season.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“At the helm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20helm. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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