anchor
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On Thursday he went after Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt during a broadcast, accusing him of inaccurately describing the current state of the war, and telling Fox anchor Bret Baier to “straighten out” his reporters.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
This year the EU and Iceland signed a security and defence partnership, and EU officials said the EU "offers an anchor in a community of values, prosperity and security".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ed Yardeni, who was recently called the most bullish man on Wall Street by a Bloomberg anchor, keeps getting more optimistic about the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Brian Lozano, a news anchor for Telemundo 33 in Sacramento, wrote “part of me is leaving with him,” in a heartfelt Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“What Edward Snowden did wasn’t the first time an American has leaked secret government data,” CNN news anchor Don Lemon told his audience on June 9, 2013.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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All told, the U.S. aluminum sector anchors roughly 700,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, with over $228 billion in economic output.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Banner-University Medical Center anchors an excellent healthcare system that features a high ratio of primary-care doctors per capita.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
One of his acrylic paintings, featuring two angels soaring above the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. monument, now anchors a larger body of work, “Los Angelitos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Tuchel has, in essence, built his England using a Premier League template in style and system, with a back four, midfield anchors in Rice and Elliot, Bellingham at '10', then two orthodox wide men.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The crew scattered to their jobs, running to release the lines on the ship and raise the anchors.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Notably, long-term inflation expectations have remained anchored, with the bond market instead passing on the adjustment through higher real rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
It envisions putting the reactors on floating barges, which could be anchored miles offshore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The vessel remains anchored off England's southern coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
And its defense team, anchored by the First Amendment firm Ballard Spahr, has used that obligation to go straight at the people closest to Trump on Jan. 6.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then we watched as she anchored her paddle against the murky lake’s floor and pushed the little boat away from the shore.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Unlike virtual dark tourism that allows for “armchair travel” to real-world dark heritage sites, there is no physical location anchoring the Backrooms nor any historical tragedy to commemorate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
O’Donnell will also continue in her role as senior correspondent for the network, occasionally anchoring specials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“In general, this likely means less anchoring of expectations, more volatility in front-end rates, and a higher probability of policy surprises in either direction,” Pimco economist Tiffany Wilding wrote this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
First, how does the family fund long-term care without liquidating the retirement assets that are anchoring the financial plan?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
She’s wearing a designer sweat suit and cute little Pumas—nothing like what she wears when she’s anchoring the news.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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