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The series, a Bavaria Fiction/Sky One production, found the ballast it needed for long-form storytelling in several indelible female characters, two Lothar-Günther Buchheim novels—“Das Boot” and “Die Festung”—and intrigue on both land and sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

For many investors, a meaningful allocation to S&P 500 index funds, blue-chip companies, value stocks and cash can serve as ballast.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Below, the Caird was dragged down to the surf and loaded with the bags of ballast, boxes of stores, a hand pump, a cook pot, six reindeer-skin sleeping bags, and the rest of the provisions.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

With no career prospects and their ballasts gone, they were adrift.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

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

On the court, it is a reliable support structure that has ballasted the Wizards this season to an intense degree.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

He drove long strands of willow in all the seams to keep out waves, and ballasted with logs.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

“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

Our ill-timed hilarity received a sudden check, for our fears were confirmed, they unloaded the vessel completely, and after ballasting her with sand and shingle, they set sail, and departed.

From Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island by Julia de Winton