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helmed

verb

past tense of helm

as in steered

to operate or control the course of a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel

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Recent Examples of helmed The series will be helmed by the same producers, Bruno Mustić and Ivan Lovreček, with Jelena Gavrilović joining the project as director. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Obsession and Backrooms — two films helmed by young directors who came up through YouTube — have raked in nearly $1 billion combined at the box office. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2026 The team at the time was helmed by Bears founder, president and head coach George Halas, who later bestowed Ditka with his first NFL head coaching job in 1982. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 The director of Gerald’s Game helmed this fantastic prequel about a couple who has a phony séance business. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 Musk is directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, who also helmed Going Clear and The Inventor. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 Food and drink The hotel has two restaurants, Mistral and La Goletta, helmed by chef Ettore Bocchia, who is a molecular gastronomist and someone who takes pride in his sourcing of the finest local ingredients. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Local execution and grassroots buy-in were the integral prow, while the federal level helmed themes, funds, and press. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Shares of Constellation Brands , which has been helmed by CEO Nick Fink since April, are down over 16% year to date. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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The plane’s first officer, an Omani man named Hamam al-Hammami, had assaulted the plane’s Indian captain with an emergency axe and steered the aircraft into a nosedive.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Backup Ty Dieffenbach steered UCLA to a win, but the Bruins need better quarterback depth.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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Robb Report piloted it around Belgium, and the famed TV show Top Gear reviewed it in what would be its final episode.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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