ballast

These sacs act much like the ballast tanks of a submarine.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Without the ballast he provided at number three, the Black Caps put themselves in trouble.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Some ship-owners are going to be hesitant for now to ballast towards the Arabian Gulf, and in the meantime we need to hear from insurers,” Crosby says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

If the economy tilts into a recession, then bonds should return to their traditional role as ballast in portfolio.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Some way ahead a line of high green hills rose into the haze, and Lee was glad he’d provided plenty of ballast.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Their strong values-based cultures, deep commitment to their communities, and longer-term investment horizons, act like ballasts on a ship — working together to absorb shocks and navigate through treacherous waters.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024

Emotional Support Water Bottles can serve as psychological ballasts.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

“Our concern is that PCB ballasts might have been missed when this issue was addressed last year,” wrote Snohomish health inspector Amanda Zych, according to records obtained by The Times.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2022

“These light ballasts were decades beyond their useful life, energy inefficient, and obsolete,” Bayer said.

From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2021

Pattie then snapped off the bright fluorescent ballasts.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The savings would be delivered through lower design speeds, ballasted track, UK rather than European standard cross-sections and building on the existing rail network.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024

Her sturdy presence ballasted unconventional work and gave substance to the eccentric roles she was drawn to, though like Gambon she could adapt to any theatrical circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Intellectual curiosity, emotional complexity, lingering questions about spirituality and unadulterated whimsy ballasted the world of Charlie Brown and his gang.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

It weighs 20,000 pounds in the air, but is ballasted to be neutrally buoyant once it reaches the seafloor, the company said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Stuart carried stones from the beach down to the water’s edge and ballasted the canoe with the stones until it floated evenly and steadily.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

“Loadings will continue until the ballasting tankers are all used up, as Middle East producers simply don’t have a lot of onshore storage where to put the crude.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

Unbalanced because of inefficient ballasting and overcrowded too, the Joola was in no state to survive the heavy storm that hit it just off the coast of The Gambia and after capsizing, it soon sank.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022

Owners are mostly decelerating on the so-called ballasting leg of journeys, when they’re sailing empty, said Martin Korsvold, a Pareto analyst.

From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 9, 2011

Legion officers scouted the idea, pointed out that wives, children, fathers, mothers and other relatives of Legionnaires will accompany them with ballasting effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fine concrete gutters along the curves, such ballasting as one sees on the North-Western Railway.

From Sketches of the East Africa Campaign by Dolbey, Robert Valentine