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anchoring

verb as in hold, be held securely

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This week “The Daily Show” will push forward with former writer and current on-air correspondent Josh Johnson set to make his anchoring debut, starting Tuesday through Thursday.

A crucial opportunity came in the fifth over when Lauren Bell dropped Smriti Mandhana in her follow-through on two, and the opener looked to be anchoring the innings despite wickets tumbling around her.

From BBC

Despite legislation coming into effect almost a decade ago, the issue of 'anchoring' continues to be one of the murkiest in the game.

From BBC

In savory dishes, they function as base layers, sauces, dips, or glues — anchoring components that might otherwise scatter across the plate.

From Salon

After digging deep lesions with their powerful maggot jaws, anchoring themselves inside them with their external spikes, screwworm larvae feed on the living flesh, working their way to deeper tissues like the muscles.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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