anchor
Example Sentences
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“It’s impossiblated to moor at the foot of their mountain, so you’ll have to drop anchor further out. You can rowboat in. I shall guard the ship. If marauders come, I shall eats them.”
From Literature
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, according to an attorney statement posted on Lemon’s social media account Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times
As part of the agreement, Corning will add capacity to its optical cable manufacturing facility in Hickory, N.C., where Meta will be the “anchor customer,” and expand its manufacturing footprint across the state.
From Barron's
I squint at the ships anchored in the harbor, their flags furled, their hulls bobbing in the sea’s waves.
From Literature
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Tesla is the outlier in this group: AI spending matters for autonomy and manufacturing automation, but investors still anchor primarily on automotive margins and production efficiency.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.