anchored
Example Sentences
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The hijacked tanker was anchored near the Somali coast between the fishing towns of Xaafun and Bander Beyla.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Many were in Boston’s poorest neighborhoods, where they anchored community life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The breakout success of singles like “La Diabla” and “La Victima” first helped Xavi find his stride in romantic tumbados, anchored by a keen requinto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
It keeps people anchored to Earth, guides planets around the Sun, helps gather stars into galaxies, and plays a central role in shaping the enormous cosmic web of galaxy clusters that stretches across the universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Obinze, who anchored her through that summer of waiting—his steady voice over the phone, his long letters in blue airmail envelopes—and who understood, as summer was ending, the new gnawing in her stomach.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
