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Meanings of rudderless ship in English

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Usage of rudderless ship in English
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Suddenly he was the captain of a rudderless ship on an uncharted ocean.
Making rounds with oscar: the extraordinary gift of an ordinary ...
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He accepts his life as a rudderless ship, drifting on the ocean of time.
The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
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But it is not as if the California-based concern has suddenly been rendered a rudderless ship.
Reuters
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Guéthary was like a rudderless ship, with everyone looking to their own affairs, their own survival.
Amagansett
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One by one Monroe's alternative plans were laid aside; and the country, like a rudderless ship, drifted on.
Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast...
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She was like a rudderless ship, drifting without helm or compass among shoals and quicksands-driftinghelplessly to ruin.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
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Another rudderless ship, in a somewhat less recent issue of a very popular woman's paper, writes: I am wearing mourning.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
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It all leaves the US, with Trump at the helm, feeling as stable as a rudderless ship adrift in high seas.
The Guardian
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RUGBY: It may remain a sponsorless and rudderless ship, but the Celtic League promises to be far more competitive second time round.
The Irish Times
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Last week without Cooper, Crokes capitulated to Laune Rangers without a whimper, as they drifted through the game like a rudderless ship.
The Irish Times
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Fragmentary thoughts drifted through his brain: a rudderless ship on the buffeting waves, an emperor in defeat, King Lear, thoughts and thoughts.
Shallow Soil
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He was too worn out to rave, his strength was spent, and his mind wandered hither and thither like a rudderless ship.
The Silver Horde
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Madam, -In last Saturday's "Thinking Anew", the writer attributes certain lines comparing gossip to a rudderless ship to St Paul.
The Irish Times
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Swansea have been a rudderless ship since the sacking of Garry Monk, and were widely expected to drop into the relegation zone before this game.
The Guardian
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