anchored
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It’s also anchored by the stories of a community desperate to claim territory they’ve cultivated for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
The vessel had been anchored near Cape Verde, off Africa's west coast, before it set off towards the Canary Islands on Wednesday.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
A few days later, the ship anchored off Tristan da Cunha for the day.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The new case—in which a patient fell ill after his return to the mainland—raises the specter of human-to-human transmission outside the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship, which is currently anchored near Cape Verde.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The Levittown Shop-a-Rama, site of the Kennedy campaign rally and touted as “the largest shopping mall east of the Mississippi,” was anchored by a Sears and another department store called Pomeroy’s.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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